[Blood of Tyrants]

I knew I would catch it for that comment. But I believe that stupid people are being diagnosed with anything and everything just so the schools can get government money. Most of the children in the special ed classes are NOT "learning disabled", they are simply not smart. While it is noble to educate them as much as they are able, it is NOT noble to dumb down the rest of the class so that they don't have hurt feelings.

[Harrison Bergeron]

"But I believe that stupid people are being diagnosed with anything and everything just so the schools can get government money."

More outrageously, smart kids who simply take longer to develop speech are being diagnosed as "slow" and sidetracked, more often than not, the false diagnoses of neurologic problems becomes a self-fulfilling prophesy. I wonder how many parents of these poor kids are wasting their time chasing kooky vaccine lore.

[monkey]

Check this out. It argues essentially the opposite of what you proposed, that autism is increasing because of smart (technical) people hooking up.