So the reason for the alleged recent increase in autism rates...

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Crushed515151 posted...
Its likely that autism has always been prevalent, kids just got beat for it due to misbehaving
Yes. We just didn't understand it until recently. And the higher numbers is just that we understand it more than we did decades ago

I have autism but initially I was diagnosed in the late 80s I think, with ADD. Then in the mid 90s a different doctor said "wait no, he has autism"