Question about autism.

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9. When I was in college,

back in the mid-70's, a friend of mine was intrigued by autism, and actually wanted to specifically teach autistic kids, but was told it was so rare, that he should just do a Spec. Ed. certification. Obviously, occurrance has increased astronomically.

Part of it is the discovery of "the spectrum." There have always been people who have just been a bit odd; well, now they are on the spectrum, and schools get more $$ and sometimes families can get $$, too. So, what's the downside to labeling a kid?

There is obviously much more involved, but who knows what? It is tempting to blame it on all the crap in the air, and water, and food. But, there is actually a lot less of that than there used to be.