Must every child have a diagnosis or disorder?
i Getty Long-read Must every child have a diagnosis or disorder? A culture war on ‘normal’ is driving the crisis in special-educational needs. dataLayer.push({ event: 'author', author: "Dave Clements" }) Dave Clements 27th September 2026 Share Topics Long-reads Want unlimited, ad-free access? As far as adults were concerned, certain standards of behaviour were to be expected – even if all children at some point, and some more than others, deviated from that expectation.
- ▪i Getty Long-read Must every child have a diagnosis or disorder?
- ▪A culture war on ‘normal’ is driving the crisis in special-educational needs. dataLayer.push({ event: 'author', author: "Dave Clements" }) Dave Clements 27th September 2026 Share Topics Long-reads Want unlimited, ad-free access?
- ▪As far as adults were concerned, certain standards of behaviour were to be expected – even if all children at some point, and some more than others, deviated from that expectation.
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| Publication time | Sat, 26 Sep 2026 23:00:42 +0000 |
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i Getty Long-read Must every child have a diagnosis or disorder? A culture war on ‘normal’ is driving the crisis in special-educational needs. dataLayer.push({ event: 'author', author: "Dave Clements" }) Dave Clements 27th September 2026 Share Topics Long-reads Want unlimited, ad-free access? Become a spiked supporter. Normal used to be the norm. As far as adults were concerned, certain standards of behaviour were to be expected – even if all children at some point, and some more than others, deviated from that expectation. Indeed, you might say that deviations from the norm were normal too.
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