I always wonder, why weren’t there autistic kids when I was in school many decades ago? The “spectrum” is so wide now that almost everybody could be on it.
However, I see one teen in this area who really does have that mental illness, and who continually listens to his iPhone music. I feel so sorry for his poor mother.
In the educational industry there’s money in special ed students. When you start looking for something, you tend to find more of it.