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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]10% of the population historically has had ADHD. No idea what % has ASD. The diagnostic criteria are clearer now, there is no stigma and the way school is run today makes the learning disability noticeable. I think in the past with smaller classes, lots of recess and PE time and lower sit in your seat bored, kids with mild ADHD were fine until high school. [/quote]

OP here. Thanks to previous two PPs - both interesting takes. I was also thinking the way we live nowadays - hectic, competitive, always running and busy - both parents and kids, overbooked, etc. is hurting kids. The school days do seem so packed and incredibly structured, yet the time assgined for learning with the teachers seems tiny, sometimes i really wonder how teachers find any time to teach with all the paperwork and tracking they have to do.[/quote]
 
The causes are more than likely environmental as we learn more about the chemicals in our water/air etc. People's bodies were not meant to contain so much plastic, herbicides etc. There is more contamination of our air and water every day, but yay we have the Orange man in place to make sure the pollution increases exponentially. [/quote]

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