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More and more children are being "diagnosed" with all these special needs things because a lot of federal money given to the schools is based on how many "special needs" students a school has.

Incomes are fudged also to get more money for breakfast and lunch programs. The more kids from households with low incomes...the more federal money.

It's kind of like that fictional town in Prairie Home Companion where "all the kids are above average"... only in reverse.

It's a scam.

I disagree with you. Both of my daughters would not be alive 30 years ago. Thank God for modern medicine.

One was on a ventilator for a month, and the other was on a ventilator for a week. Unfortunately, one (the one on the vent for a week) did suffer brain damage. The other is gifted.

I'm just happy both of them are alive.

There are many other children like them. There are preemie babies that wouldn't be alive if it weren't for modern medicine.

We also vaccinate more than we did 100 years ago. We still don't know the side affects of vaccination. Some think that is causing autism, but there isn't direct proof either way.

Doctor's are also able to diagnose problems easier. Most of my daughter's doctors thought she was okay. At 3, I made them give her an MRI. That's what showed severe brain damage. Fifty years ago, the medical community would have thought it was just bad parenting.

It's kind of like that fictional town in Prairie Home Companion where "all the kids are above average"... only in reverse. It's a scam

Unless you are the parent/grandparent of one of these kids. no scam, I tell you, just heartbreak and lots of hard work.