> a black mom talked about how much money she gets per month for her “autistic” son’s disability <
Retired city school teacher here. In the district where I worked, some enterprising folks have set up cottage industries.
For a fee, they will teach your kid how to “fail” a special education evaluation.
Once a kid is classified as special ed, the parents will get a monthly payment, as you noted.
And as a bonus, it becomes almost impossible for the school to discipline the kid. He can behave pretty much any way he wants.
Horrible. And nothing has, or will ever be done about it.