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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 485716" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>On the "awareness" vs. "more cases" theories...</p><p></p><p>One of the reasons we're seeing more of these dxes floating around - both in list of possible dxes, and number of kids with these dxes - is that the world has changed faster than our genetics can cope with it.</p><p></p><p>Even 30 years ago...</p><p>- classrooms were QUIET, orderly places</p><p>- bed-times were bed-times</p><p>- almost no technology - TV was the biggest culprit back then, and if you had one, it was ONE and the parents controlled it.</p><p>- way more fresh air and activity</p><p>- extended families tended to be closer together</p><p></p><p>Which meant... that many of the things that have become issues now, were non-issues then. We slept well. We ate well - mostly home-cooked meals, rare to eat out or have "easy" meals like now. We weren't exhausted at school - unless you were from a "rough home" (i.e. abuse/neglect). We didn't have trouble hearing the teacher. Group work was a SMALL part of our learning. If one student couldn't sit still, they were "punished" with physical activity... if half the class couldn't sit still, PE came early - or twice. These things gave many of us (like myself) just enough of an edge that we survived without the dxes and interventions... If I had to go to school NOW, I'd probably need a half-dozen dxes and unending interventions and accommodations. Plus... even 30 years ago, it wasn't the end of the world to not get your grade 12... if you "weren't a student", you got 10 or what you could of 11, and went to trade school. Journeyman papers were as much a badge of honor as a 4-year degree.</p><p></p><p>Not that school is BAD now. It serves the needs of a different 80% of the population than what it used to serve back then. (different rant, of course - see "one size fits all" subject on a different thread...)</p><p></p><p>So... are we seeing more diagnosed kids? I'd say yes.</p><p>Because they are being mis-diagnosed? I'd say that mis-dxing only accounts for a small part of the rise in numbers.</p><p>Because we recognize more issues? Definitely a factor.</p><p>But mostly... I think its just because we, as human beings, were not created (or did not evolve) to live in the kind of world we live in today. So... the "edges" of human development are now far more problematic than they need to be.</p><p></p><p>Can we fix that? No idea.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 485716, member: 11791"] On the "awareness" vs. "more cases" theories... One of the reasons we're seeing more of these dxes floating around - both in list of possible dxes, and number of kids with these dxes - is that the world has changed faster than our genetics can cope with it. Even 30 years ago... - classrooms were QUIET, orderly places - bed-times were bed-times - almost no technology - TV was the biggest culprit back then, and if you had one, it was ONE and the parents controlled it. - way more fresh air and activity - extended families tended to be closer together Which meant... that many of the things that have become issues now, were non-issues then. We slept well. We ate well - mostly home-cooked meals, rare to eat out or have "easy" meals like now. We weren't exhausted at school - unless you were from a "rough home" (i.e. abuse/neglect). We didn't have trouble hearing the teacher. Group work was a SMALL part of our learning. If one student couldn't sit still, they were "punished" with physical activity... if half the class couldn't sit still, PE came early - or twice. These things gave many of us (like myself) just enough of an edge that we survived without the dxes and interventions... If I had to go to school NOW, I'd probably need a half-dozen dxes and unending interventions and accommodations. Plus... even 30 years ago, it wasn't the end of the world to not get your grade 12... if you "weren't a student", you got 10 or what you could of 11, and went to trade school. Journeyman papers were as much a badge of honor as a 4-year degree. Not that school is BAD now. It serves the needs of a different 80% of the population than what it used to serve back then. (different rant, of course - see "one size fits all" subject on a different thread...) So... are we seeing more diagnosed kids? I'd say yes. Because they are being mis-diagnosed? I'd say that mis-dxing only accounts for a small part of the rise in numbers. Because we recognize more issues? Definitely a factor. But mostly... I think its just because we, as human beings, were not created (or did not evolve) to live in the kind of world we live in today. So... the "edges" of human development are now far more problematic than they need to be. Can we fix that? No idea. [/QUOTE]
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