The treatment of Autism differs based on state as well. A friend adopted a kid from Texas, and in that state he was Autistic and needed special care. When he got to Florida, they followed all of the description and he was put in the severely autistic classes. When they tested him, he was ADHD and maybe autistic.
Mine was in Louisiana, which, at the time, barely even considered autism to exist and still mostly just labelled kids as "retarded, next question" instead of specifics. I think we only got it because of a bunch of stars aligning at the school he was at having a pretty high tier staffer noting him.
Regardless, every autist I've met to this day I think could have been fixed with a belt and having a real father (funny how single motherhood correlates so well with it!) as a kid.
The treatment of Autism differs based on state as well. A friend adopted a kid from Texas, and in that state he was Autistic and needed special care. When he got to Florida, they followed all of the description and he was put in the severely autistic classes. When they tested him, he was ADHD and maybe autistic.
Mine was in Louisiana, which, at the time, barely even considered autism to exist and still mostly just labelled kids as "retarded, next question" instead of specifics. I think we only got it because of a bunch of stars aligning at the school he was at having a pretty high tier staffer noting him.
Regardless, every autist I've met to this day I think could have been fixed with a belt and having a real father (funny how single motherhood correlates so well with it!) as a kid.