Every kid (what % now?) diagnosed with ADD, ADHD (actually bored with lousey schools) or whatever the fad is SSI for life. There is no cure. They will be doped for life.
Find a welfare mom and I guarantee they are also getting SSI for a kid.
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I was diagnosed with it about 45 years ago. Look there is a real problem and there is a real disorder very similar to ADD/ADHD. The epidemic isn't pharmaceutical or even government program driven it is technology triggered.
There is a fairly recently discovery of a sensory processing problem called Central Auditory Processing Disorders. These are very real and far easier to prove than ADD ADHD. They require NO Medications except to treat possible conditions which may have caused it such as chronic sinus allergies or chronic ear infections as a child.
I did not have ADD/ADHD I have C.A.P.D. and a very dysfunctional auditory and visual processing system. You can look for C.A.P.D. in a kid right after Christmas. The new video games for example. The kid plays a while then becomes agitated and unable to concentrate. Here's more clues for C.A.P.D. instead of ADD ADHD. The inability to process oral instructions accurately without them being repeated several times. These kids are not ignoring you their brain is trying to process what you have told them. Ever tell a kid to so something then about the middle of the second or third time they suddenly get it?
The behavioral traits of ADHD and C.A.P.D. can be easily mistaken. That is why all kids need to be tested for C.A.P.D. by an Audiologist at an early age. No special federal funding is needed for them in class either. Other clues such as coordination may point to what I'm saying.
Getting help early on is essential. This might mean Occupational Therapy for more severe cases. For me that enabled me to pass my military entrance physicals and function in the workforce later into my mid 30's. BTW mine is a severe case not typical to most kids with C.A.P.D. The doctors {eye doctors actually} saw the issues 45 years ago in me but no medical name had been given it. I'm also single eye functional. Vision in both eyes but never at the same time.