john1975

Am i the only one that thinks it's messed up, how doctors are deliberately over-diagnosing autism for pharmaceutical purposes ? (more money for big pharm)

In the 80's it was normal and the kid was just considered 'shy' if he/she wasn't heavy on eye contact. Now it's called Autism.

It's like society wants to rid itself of all free thinkers, so that their not considered smart, special anymore.... but instead labeled as Autistic and needing medication. They want everybody to be a mainstream, social butterfly all the time...anti-social behavior is not permitted.

and you practically have to kiss the doctor's ass these days, if he's thinking about labeling your child that way.

Europe it's much different. Shy is still considered Shy for the most part. (except for the more extreme cases, where they have other neurological issues)