Schools Receive $400 for every Child Diagnosed with ADHD
Tom De Weese, writing in NewsWithViews.com, marks the moment when ADHD took a quantum leap forward as a government-sponsored “disorder”.
In 1991, fed rules were adopted which granted US schools $400 for each child diagnosed with ADHD. (I’m trying to determine whether this program extends to all or only some US school districts, and whether there is additional state aid involved.)
Also in 1991, the US Dept. of Education issued a formal recognition of ADHD as a debilitating condition and ordered state education departments to screen students and give ADHD cases special services.
