IS SENDING YOUR KIDS TO GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS PARENTAL MALPRACTICE? Are Grading Trends Hurting Socially Awkward Kids? “A generation ago, before current trends in K-12 education took hold, many Asperger’s children would have sailed through school without being downgraded for their social deficiencies. Nowadays, even in subjects where they used to excel, their grades are declining. And so are their prospects for appropriately challenging and rewarding education — and careers — in the future.”