Glad to hear it. That wasn’t clear from the article, given that “special education” classifications in public schools consist mainly of ADD (including a lot where acting like a boy is the only symptom) and dyslexia. The girl in NJ a few years back who was attending elementary school with a DNR order WAS in a classroom where the other students were there for academic instruction (possibly “special” in the ADD/dyslexia sense, but certainly a classroom where normal academic goals were being pursued).
I agree that ADD and ADHD is greatly overdiagnosed, and in many cases could be cured with a paddle.
Special ed can cover a wide range of things, and indeed, a special ed finding can mean more funding and lower failure rates on the standardized tests, so schools have an incentive to identify SE kids.
On the other hand, number of folks move to our district because it has one of the best autism programs in the country.