"The so-called learning disorders have, sadly, become a way for financially strapped schools to make ends meet."
"In many states, schools have become authorized Medicaid providers and funds can be collected in behalf of a child labeled with one of the learning or behavior disorders."
"Illinois had received $72,500,000 in federal Medicaid money in 1996."
WOW!
1996 Illinois received $72,500,000 in federal money ...for behavior disorder labeling.
http://rense.com/general4/addd.htm
they also broadened the definition of autism.
quite a racket.
Yep.... my mom was a bus driver in an Illinois district that had more special ed busses than regular busses [albeit the SE busses were shorter.] She realized it was a racket early on, saw them ruin a lot of good students, was able to warn some parents about the technique the district used which was mainly to target poorer parents since they were the least likely to dispute the judgement of their bought-and-paid-for evaluation doc and the most likely to be attracted by the shameless bribe the district dangled - the idea of having a school bus come to heir door so their kids would not have to walk to a bus stop- and the parents would therefore not have to go and watch them.