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I am not in the medical field. Nor do I know anyone with autism. So this is a gut feeling and not based on anything other than “hearing” a lot of about autism diagnosis.

I used to have an employee with a child that was diagnosed with ADD. She would see ADD in everyone.

I once got into a discussion with her, asking how come there is all of this ADD going on around us, when it did not seem to be when we were kids. It went on and on and I did not get it.

Then I had a doctor diagnose me with ADD. I thought they were crazy. Then I had another doctor diagnose me. Then I had a battery of pretty in depth tests. Once again, a third Dr sat down and explained the whole thing to me.

But they also explained that it was good that I went through the trouble to get completely tested and evaluated. He told me there were a lot of doctors out there prescribing drugs to kids that were bored and being, well—being kids.

It changed my life. A few minor adjustments later and my life is very different.

I think the same thing about autism. It seems that there is a lot more of it around these days. I wonder how much of it is “real” and how much of it is diagnosed incorrectly.

This is not an indictment of your friend, but rather a pondering/thinking out loud situation.