She may indeed have RAD. She may have ADHD, and/or seasonal allergies that precipitate hyperactivity; and she may have both, or none, or other possible co-morbidities—because obviously raising healthy children was not uppermost in the efforts of any of her parent figures.
You’ve been studying RAD lately, and to a hammer, everything looks like a nail. I think humans are infinitely individual, and their treatment ideally would take many factors into account; but it’s going to take more than mere psychologists to help this critically neglected child.
God bless the poor girl. I do hope there is a chaplain wherever she goes; since her life here on earth is so severely damaged. But there is a Savior to love her and give her rest.
Honestly, I have not studied RAD in probably 15 years, but I have had a fair amount of experience in dealing with kids with RAD. As a former prosecutor, I dealt with several cases of kids with RAD. And in private practice, I represented, as guardian ad litem, a few kids with RAD. So I’m inferring from the information presented in the news articles, and based on my experience, and my education (undergrad degree in psych) that this is a RAD situation. Obviously, all of us are inferring or speculating based on news stories, but RAD makes the most sense to me. Unless she actually has ASPD. Which I hope isn’t the case as there is no real effective treatment for ASPD. But there is for RAD.