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Since you mentioned the need for treatment and special care, I'd like to take a moment to add onto my previous statement a little bit about what I meant. I do think some level of treatment and mental health care should be readily available to everyone unconditionally.
I just don't think as many neuro-atypical children are as atypical as our current society is leading them to believe. Especially when you consider some companies are actually marketing corrective medications directly to children and young adults, then there is added pressure for them to be this label they assign to their urges and stresses so that they can obtain the "magic candy that fixes everything and definitely doesn't cause problems later in life."
That should all be in very stark contrast to everyday disabilities and developmental disorders.