Good grief. Another alleged “conservative” moron weighs in.
There’s no shortage of “medical experts” who can come up with handy excuses for lazy parents who need to explain to themselves and others why their children are undisciplined failures. And, of course, pharmaceutical companies gotta absolutely adore lazy moms.
“Autism” has simply become the latest catch-all “disability”. “Medical experts” have been continually expanding the definition of autism as they find “new, previously undiagnosed” forms of this “disability”. (Hang onto your wallets.)
I guess those other recently discovered bogus excuses, ADD and ADHD, have grown stale.
As “autism” gets over-hyped, it too will eventually elicit only bored yawns. And then something new will take it’s place - - another string of capital letters, perhaps. Meanwhile, taxpayers’ wallets will continue to get fleeced.
Read up on the history of the disorder. It always has been a catch all for specific symptoms which have been branched off for classification of differing symptoms
. The pressure for a diagnoses comes from a source so far no one has bothered to mention. A part of the medical system that operates on coding and demands disorder or diagnostic codings before paying for services rendered. Give them one and they're usually happy. Don't give them one and be ready for denials and multi-appeals. Can you guess what part of the system that is? Tell them you don't know what's wrong for very long and they'll do denial of payment for the patient faster than you can say experimental procedures.