It seems that whether one thinks rates of neurodevelopmental disorders have increased or have stayed stable has little to do with actual data. Here is an attempt to present data.
Bet you dollars to donuts that a sizeable chunk of kids labeled “ADHD” are actually sleep deprived from undiagnosed sleep disorders. I’m a sleep specialist and see it all the time.
I need someone to clarify how the limits of the two diagnoses manifest in Sweden compared to the USA. Unless you are applying for some type of insurance that requires underwriting, applying for a job in the US, in most cases, wouldn't bring the ASD/ADHD "stigma" into the light. Is it more open in Sweden, and thus does the duality of early benefits and later detriments become more restrictive there over here?
I live in Sweden and employ people. One difficulty facing employers is that, in general, it is impossible to fire people for not doing their jobs properly. Or for in general being obnoxious, or a petty thief. The last hired are required to be the first to be let go .... and if you start hiring again you have to offer the job to those who were layed-off. The labour laws were written with perfectly fungible thus replaceable assembly line workers in mind. There are all sorts of caveats here, protection for small businesses, and some limited ways to protect valuable employees you want to retain when there is a layoff, and ways to hire people for a trial period, but it is basically "employer beware". Getting rid of an employee that you no longer want but who doesn't want to leave is supremely difficult. It's easier to end a marriage. This means we ask, up front, if there are any conditions that might effect your ability to do the job. And you had better not lie about this, because firing people for fraudulently representing themselves is one of the things we can do. Right now in Sweden there are a large number of young adults who benefitted from some diagnosis which got them private tutoring, smaller class sizes, and the ability to go home if it all got to be too much. As a result they have outgrown their diagnosis, can function at work as well as anyone, might be a model employee - and all of this would be a great triumph if only they could prove it to people like me who are hiring.
“ The most damning statistic: boys are more than twice as likely as girls to be diagnosed with ADHD. Doctors have made boyhood into a disease.
Similarly, the youngest children in any given classroom are far more likely to be diagnosed with ADHD than their older classmates; relative immaturity is now a psychiatric condition. If your kid was born in August and pees standing up, go ahead and start stockpiling amphetamines now.”
Much more, including a closer look at the inexcusably ridiculous diagnostic process, here:
Bet you dollars to donuts that a sizeable chunk of kids labeled “ADHD” are actually sleep deprived from undiagnosed sleep disorders. I’m a sleep specialist and see it all the time.
I need someone to clarify how the limits of the two diagnoses manifest in Sweden compared to the USA. Unless you are applying for some type of insurance that requires underwriting, applying for a job in the US, in most cases, wouldn't bring the ASD/ADHD "stigma" into the light. Is it more open in Sweden, and thus does the duality of early benefits and later detriments become more restrictive there over here?
I live in Sweden and employ people. One difficulty facing employers is that, in general, it is impossible to fire people for not doing their jobs properly. Or for in general being obnoxious, or a petty thief. The last hired are required to be the first to be let go .... and if you start hiring again you have to offer the job to those who were layed-off. The labour laws were written with perfectly fungible thus replaceable assembly line workers in mind. There are all sorts of caveats here, protection for small businesses, and some limited ways to protect valuable employees you want to retain when there is a layoff, and ways to hire people for a trial period, but it is basically "employer beware". Getting rid of an employee that you no longer want but who doesn't want to leave is supremely difficult. It's easier to end a marriage. This means we ask, up front, if there are any conditions that might effect your ability to do the job. And you had better not lie about this, because firing people for fraudulently representing themselves is one of the things we can do. Right now in Sweden there are a large number of young adults who benefitted from some diagnosis which got them private tutoring, smaller class sizes, and the ability to go home if it all got to be too much. As a result they have outgrown their diagnosis, can function at work as well as anyone, might be a model employee - and all of this would be a great triumph if only they could prove it to people like me who are hiring.
“ The most damning statistic: boys are more than twice as likely as girls to be diagnosed with ADHD. Doctors have made boyhood into a disease.
Similarly, the youngest children in any given classroom are far more likely to be diagnosed with ADHD than their older classmates; relative immaturity is now a psychiatric condition. If your kid was born in August and pees standing up, go ahead and start stockpiling amphetamines now.”
Much more, including a closer look at the inexcusably ridiculous diagnostic process, here:
https://gaty.substack.com/p/synthetic-children
Check this out:
https://carbsyndrome.com/the-autism-diet-connection/
The findings described surprise me not at all...!