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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think there are two questions in this thread:

1. Are rich parents buying false diagnoses to give their kids a leg up? The answer is no. I think rich parents have the ability other families do not have to get their kids evaluated. It is good to get kids the supports they benefit from and truly NT kids do not benefit from those supports.

2. What does it mean that large proportions of kids are getting diagnoses? I think this is really OP's question. And I don't think it only applies to private schools. I think it applies to a lot of populations where parents have the resources and education to pursue evaluations. I live in a less expensive (but still expensive) part of MoCo where most families send their kids to the local public elementary school. When 5 yo DD was diagnosed with ASD I thought we might be one of few families going through this but as I've gotten to know more families in the neighborhood it seems like I constantly learn their kid has ADHD and they think ASD as well. It seems like so many of the kids, possibly the majority, are doing OT privately. My child is mixed race but most of these are White kids with highly educated parents but not with super high incomes. Weekly OT is a pain and can be expensive so these parents genuinely believe their kids need it. Something feels off - either we've been tricked into thinking our kids need these services, or we need to understand why so many kids need them and how to ensure all kids that need supports get them because we know the low income families are not accessing the same types of services.[/quote]

Op - yes - the second q. 
The first topic is a non sequitur red herring/ finding problems where there are none that derailed the conversion about the second point you make [/quote]

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