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Not sure I entirely agree with that premise. Author paints with far too broad a brush. I'm on the spectrum and I was raised to give deference to authority figur

Not sure I entirely agree with that premise. Author paints with far too broad a brush. I'm on the spectrum and I was raised to give deference to authority figures in school settings. I never had run-ins with teachers growing up. Half the problem nowadays is that people have diagnosed everyone with everything and parents are willing to ignore obvious behavioral issues because of a diagnosis rather than handling the thing head-on.

digging 3y ago
> Half the problem nowadays is that people have diagnosed everyone with everything and parents are willing to ignore obvious behavioral issues because of a diagnosis rather than handling the thing head-on. Disagree. Diagnosis is the only tool for properly handling behavioral issues. Diagnoses are more common because more people are getting tested.
- mwigdahl 3y ago
  So to be clear, you are saying that all behavior issues result from medical causes?
  - digging 3y ago
    No
- MisterBastahrd 3y ago
  Diagnosis is in fact NOT the only tool for properly handling behavioral issues and absolutely never has been, because most children are neither autistic nor on the spectrum. Kids are enrolling in classes today with more behavioral and aptitude issues than ever before because their parents aren't raising them with any real structure. The autistic kids get hurt even worse because they NEED that structure more than regular kids, but millennial parents in particular have largely decided that their kids' school issues are for schools to deal with.
pas 3y ago
A diagnosis doesn't justify the shitty behavior, it's simply a convenient thing that dumbass parents use it as an excuse. They probably would have used something else a few decades ago. (Boys will be boys, etc.) The problem is the untreatedness, not the diagnosis. Everyone was laughing how Americans have too many psychologists, ha-ha. Yeah, also too many MDs too, and that led too many diagnoses of obesity, right? Ha----ha. (Yes, they are not necessarily both true, but maybe it's time to listen to both types of professionals.)
nicoburns 3y ago
In schools, I'm not convinced it's always the autistic kids that have the behavioural issues. More often than not it's the teachers that don't know how to treat kids (with respect, as equals).
- MisterBastahrd 3y ago
  Kids are NOT their equals.

digging 3y ago

> Half the problem nowadays is that people have diagnosed everyone with everything and parents are willing to ignore obvious behavioral issues because of a diagnosis rather than handling the thing head-on. Disagree. Diagnosis is the only tool for properly handling behavioral issues. Diagnoses are more common because more people are getting tested.

mwigdahl 3y ago
So to be clear, you are saying that all behavior issues result from medical causes?
- digging 3y ago
  No
MisterBastahrd 3y ago
Diagnosis is in fact NOT the only tool for properly handling behavioral issues and absolutely never has been, because most children are neither autistic nor on the spectrum. Kids are enrolling in classes today with more behavioral and aptitude issues than ever before because their parents aren't raising them with any real structure. The autistic kids get hurt even worse because they NEED that structure more than regular kids, but millennial parents in particular have largely decided that their kids' school issues are for schools to deal with.

pas 3y ago

A diagnosis doesn't justify the shitty behavior, it's simply a convenient thing that dumbass parents use it as an excuse. They probably would have used something else a few decades ago. (Boys will be boys, etc.) The problem is the untreatedness, not the diagnosis. Everyone was laughing how Americans have too many psychologists, ha-ha. Yeah, also too many MDs too, and that led too many diagnoses of obesity, right? Ha----ha. (Yes, they are not necessarily both true, but maybe it's time to listen to both types of professionals.)

nicoburns 3y ago

In schools, I'm not convinced it's always the autistic kids that have the behavioural issues. More often than not it's the teachers that don't know how to treat kids (with respect, as equals).

MisterBastahrd 3y ago
Kids are NOT their equals.