Comment Re:Medicalizing Normality (Score 1) 558
Yup. Declare normal human variation pathological, make money by "treating" it, laugh all the way to the bank.
I would also add that many of the "autistic" children I see aren't autistic at all, not by any standard I understand. They are children desperate for attention, and have found a way to get that attention.
Some may even be jumping on the autism bandwagon to be trendy. I've seen this with allergies, where kids want inhalers and shit so they fit in with their over-medicated peers.
...laura