Are indigo children often mistaken for autistic or ADD?

Question

Are indigo children often mistaken for autistic or ADD?

Answer 1

I think "indigo children" is just more New Age BS.  Don't you?

Answer 2

According to wikipedia and Lee Carroll and Jan Tober, authors of The Indigo Children: The New Kids Have Arrived, they are.  This is disputed by psychiatric expert Russell Barkley, the New Age movement has yet to produce empirical evidence of the existence of Indigo children and the 17 traits most commonly attributed to them were so vague they could describe "most of the people most of the time" and put him in mind of the Forer effect. Barkley also expressed concern that labeling a disruptive child an "indigo" may delay proper diagnosis and treatment that may help the child.

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