[George W. Bush]

I think the article is more confusing than the DSM guidelines for diagnosing autism and ADHD, a pretty elastic standard.

But if autism and ADHD are increased by increasing funding, as the author seems to suggest, then decreasing funding and services should make it disappear.

You know, I have a long history of being a conservative education activist but there really are some problems with fomenting such a view on the public as an adequate explanation.

I would certainly agree with many of these premises being applied to ESL or ADHD or general increases in special ed funding. But I do think we have seen a real increase in severe developmental disabilities in children as well. And I don't believe that somehow pretending it's merely parents and doctors soaking up available funding for kids with temporary problems is an adequate answer.

[TomB]

But if autism and ADHD are increased by increasing funding, as the author seems to suggest,

Could you point to the actual part of the article where the author states that?