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Old 04-25-2025, 05:40 AM
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Originally Posted by Caymus View Post
I went to elementary school during the "Leave it to Beaver" days. Should I have noticed it in my classmates back then? Was lithium or similar drugs used to treat unruly children back then?
Back then many with profound disabilities were institutionalized or kept at home since schools did not have to provide accommodations. So we may not have known the actual prevalence.