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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes and no. More kids are (correctly) diagnosed and identified earlier than in prior generations. People are more open about discussing accommodations and supports. I think it’s great. Our Gifted and Talented coordinator at our school talks about how ALL kids deserve to learn and practice critical thinking and creativity. I hope we move towards a school culture where it is recognized that all kids benefit from being explicitly taught social skills and executive functioning strategies.

My older child probably has ADHD or is on the mild end of the ASD spectrum. A generation ago he would have flown under the radar as a quirky kid, prone to day dreaming, a bit introverted. If I had only one child, I would not think anything was different about him. The main clue is that I have ADHD / ASD diagnoses that I got as an adult and often when my child does something quirky or frustrating my mom says “you were that way” or “you used to do that”.

The other main tell that he’s likely to get these diagnoses at some point is that I have two children and my younger son is so clearly NT in comparison.

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I actually think adhd is standing out so much now because they aren’t teaching executive functioning at all. I went to private school and remember the teachers drilling us about organization. We had to write everything in assignment books, file papers in the right folders and be on task.

My dd is mild adhd and basically teachers will let her daydream all day, every day. She’s not a problem child and she is smart, so they don’t care. They have complained to me about her desk organization at school. Or how she’s not on task. Sorry but she’s at school to 7 hours a day, this is solidly in their realm. I have her very organized at home. They probably want me to medicate her and I’ll likely have to, but I really think she’d excel at a strict school. [/quote]

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