Gregory's Server@Garwboy ADD & Autism were added to the DSM (III) in 1980 & neither were commonly diagnosed until the late 80s. So they're right...
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@mawhrin @Garwboy They do if the diagnosis didn't exist before. Autism for example was diagnosed as 'childhood psychosis / shizoid disorder' and the children often locked away for life https://blogs.uoregon.edu/autismhistoryproject/topics/childhood-psychosis-or-schizophrenia/#:~:text=Before%20autism%20existed%20as%20a,in%20life%20was%20notoriously%20difficult.  @scottgal @Garwboy Autism became tied to a lot more services and support than the older classifications of developmental delay or 5th percentile IQ. Autism diagnostic criteria, for the purposes of child services, are sufficiently broad that every parent, physician, and teacher of a cognitively disabled child is going to assign that label and get those services. We certainly did for our oldest. |
@scottgal @Garwboy I was already 3 promotions up in the Navy at the time it was invented. My friends probably all knew (they said they did) weird was fine with them. The military wasn't looking, until one day a doctor realized it. What confused them, was that I made it to Management in 16 years and was bored. Then they tried to medicate me, and I just decided to retire instead