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Timeline for autism diagnosis rates?

Jenny Butterfly

Just wondering, is there such a thing as a basic timeline showing autism diagnosis rates over the decades?

I am thinking that my dad, born in the 1920s, stood no chance until old age.  Being born in the 1960s meant I stood little chance of diagnosis early in life, so it's no surprise it took until my 50s.  But then, from the 80s onwards, it changes.  And what were the chances in the 90s?  I didn't pick it up in my sons, but then I can remember having a very different idea of what autism actually was.  And it wasn't us.  

Against this timeline, there must be a related but reversed trend for the likelihood of remaining undiagnosed but still possibly needing support.  Are there any efforts to reach such people or any information specific to them?

I really wish I'd known sooner and then been in a better position to help my sons.  And to me it seems quite likely that there will be people out there who are in the same position as I was just a couple of years ago.  This troubles me.  

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  • I actually feel as though the carpet has been pulled out from underneath me and a sudden realisation has been forced upon me by circmstances rather than through any kind of education or awareness-raising, which would have been a gentler process and might have preempted a lot of distress.  My parenting would certainly have been much improved and better up to the task.

    As it stands I feel quite shocked.  Autism isn't what I thought it was and, whilst making significant mental shifts to adjust to my own diagnosis, I am at the same time reviewing my own parenting (which has been quite obviously lacking in a number of ways) and feeling as though a switch has been pulled.  i actually thought I was quite an enlightened parent but I am, in fact, just a product of my times.  The challenges and distress with which we are now living were, in fact, quite predictable when our family timeline is viewed through the lens of autism.    

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  • I actually feel as though the carpet has been pulled out from underneath me and a sudden realisation has been forced upon me by circmstances rather than through any kind of education or awareness-raising, which would have been a gentler process and might have preempted a lot of distress.  My parenting would certainly have been much improved and better up to the task.

    As it stands I feel quite shocked.  Autism isn't what I thought it was and, whilst making significant mental shifts to adjust to my own diagnosis, I am at the same time reviewing my own parenting (which has been quite obviously lacking in a number of ways) and feeling as though a switch has been pulled.  i actually thought I was quite an enlightened parent but I am, in fact, just a product of my times.  The challenges and distress with which we are now living were, in fact, quite predictable when our family timeline is viewed through the lens of autism.    

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