This article raises many questions…
I don’t believe children are getting labeled for a bounty. I say this because I have had to battle for both of my children to get them the services they need.
I believe the increase could certainly be attributed to (or at least is in correlation with) the number of Autism diagnoses. As more is discovered about this disorder, more diagnoses are made.
Given what I personally went through, it was almost as if the teachers wanted a little mechanical soldier rather than a living breathing child, and the district didn’t want to do the paperwork associated with services, bounty or no.
They sure played dumb with my children (one of whom we battled for nearly 2 years on) to want a bounty, or do they just want the bounty without helping the child in need?
