I'm not sure where you heard this but we're not yet at the point where we can diagnose with brain scans. In research there may be differences that are found between ADHD and non ADHD groups. However, that is a lot different for putting a person in and MRI and correctly classifying them. If you have any sort of reference that shows correct classification, as opposed to just finding differences, then please share the citation.

Also, most parents report improvement when their children are on restrictive diets due to confirmation biases and how our minds work. When something is difficult to do we usually will notice and remember the evidence that it worked. Keeping children on a restrictive diet is hard to do. In order to not feel bad about putting in all of this hard work for no result, parents tend to "see" the improvements even though empirical evidence has shown that special diets do not affect ASD symptoms.

You are correct, people with ASD have many more comorbid psychiatric conditions than most people realize. In fact adolescents with ASD tend to see the symptoms differently than their parents. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21683603.2013.845737 The article is paywalled right now, but psychiatric conditions are a very real problem for many people with ASD.

^This. If only I had mod points.

Obviously you do not know what you are talking about. This is not about "popular" rejection of Freud. Professionals in the field no longer use it. And what would you say about the research linking genetics and autism. You may not be able to understand how genetic and nurturing effects on children can be separated, but I assure you that there are plenty of professionals who spend their time doing just that. It is easy to blame parents. Some are bad and some are wonderful. Until you spend some time working with these families maybe you should reserve your opinion since it seems to lack a factual basis.

That's where the zeroth law comes in. It was added in the stories for that exact sort of scenario.

A robot may not harm humanity, or, by inaction, allow humanity to come to harm.

You are correct. Intensive ABA therapy which is one of the most costly treatments (and best empirically supported, there are lots of meta-analyses) costs around $40,000 a year. The cost is basically just paying a full time aid to do the treatment. And that isn't even a lifetime cost since it is an early intervention. Even if you were to say that you needed a full time aid for the entire life that is only about $40,000 a year with adjustments for inflation.

You realize private schools can kick out low performing or behavior problem students right. Public schools don't have that luxury.

clicked wrong mod so have to undo.