While autism is real, the diagnosis increases are bull$hit. It ranks right up there with ADD, ADHD, and all that crap that is running rampant. The medical profession has joined the globull warming tactics to fatten up their wallets.
There are two possibilities behind increased diagnoses, both of which probably apply to some extent.
More children are being diagnosed simply because disorders that were ignored in the past are now being recognized.
The financial and emotional advantages of having an autistic child are influencing those making the diagnosis.
In our case, it’s absolutely and clearly obvious. You might find out, if you talked to others like this - that it’s also clearly obvious, to them, too. Something is going on here - although I don’t know what.
It’s always the simplest answer...
Follow the money...
They gotta have a crisis to stay fat. Ditto for the drug companies.
Pimps and whores the lot of them.
If you’ve spent years around young kids, you know that the increase in autism is NOT BULL. And it isn’t due to overdx. In every smallish gathering now there is at least one. And they are not just “different” or “nerdy.” There is an obvious discrepancy in the way they process EVERYTHING. And it doesn’t go away or change depending on the environment. This is real.