[George W. Bush]

It would help if he would actually state a thesis for his article and stick to it. But it's clear enough that he's saying there is no autism epidemic. More like an epidemic of diagnoses of autism. And pointing to increases in federal funding for behavioral disorders as a cause for the increased diagnoses. I didn't think his quote from New Scientist of auism as 'trendy' among parents exactly does their situation justice. Portions of the article simply don't seem serious about the real problems of developmental disorders and the impact on children and families.

I think the average person would be more confused by this article than they were prior to reading it.

[TomB]

It would help if he would actually state a thesis for his article and stick to it. But it's clear enough that he's saying there is no autism epidemic.

Uh, his "thesis" is that there is no autism epidemic. I don't think he could have been more clear about that. He then goes on to discuss the possible reasons the diagnoses have increased.

I don't see any reason why the average person should be confused.