Carole Mac
@HerbsandDirt
I was in elementary school in the 70’s.
My experience:
Did not know ONE autistic child.
No one had a gluten allergy.
No one had peanut allergies.
No one had milk allergies.
No one was bouncing off the walls from ADD or ADHD.
No one had autoimmune diseases at that age.
No inhalers on the playground.
Anyone else?
My best friend had an inhaler for her asthma, but she grew out of it. I knew one girl who was allergic to strawberries. That's it. I was just saying to my partner the other day that I didn't know one single kid with a peanut allergy. I grew up in a suburb of Denver, it's not like I was in a really small town.
