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by hoopism 4146 days ago
I agree that it's not the insane uptick that the raw statistics would seem to indicate. But disputing that fact doesn't negate the fact that 1 in 68 kids has some form of disability (not saying you did... but I have seen that from some people as reason to dismiss the issue).

I actually don't care one bit about the diagnosis itself. It's not as if having the diagnosis means you can take a pill to get rid of it. The only benefit we got from a diagnosis came from insurance paying for certain claims they previously would not have.

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And among those 1 in 68 are people whose brilliance in extricably tied to that disability -- including most of the greatest scientists of past and present.