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Autism rates are surging - should we be worried?

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I just read about a recent CDC report stating autism rates have increased by nearly 10 percent over the last two years. Should we be worried?

Check it out: https://www.mentaldaily.com/article/2020/04/what-are-the-characteristics-of-a-person-with-aspergers

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  • You don't really know how prevalent a condition is until you test for it.

    As a result of the increase in awareness of the condition there are more people being assessed and therefore more diagnosed. This is especially true in females where the manifestation is often more subtle and would have been missed historically, and probably often still is.

    As has been said above, people who were once considered misfits are now identified as having social communication difficulties and being diagnosed.

    Just because more people are identified as having a condition, it doesn't necessarily mean that it's become more prevalent.

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  • You don't really know how prevalent a condition is until you test for it.

    As a result of the increase in awareness of the condition there are more people being assessed and therefore more diagnosed. This is especially true in females where the manifestation is often more subtle and would have been missed historically, and probably often still is.

    As has been said above, people who were once considered misfits are now identified as having social communication difficulties and being diagnosed.

    Just because more people are identified as having a condition, it doesn't necessarily mean that it's become more prevalent.

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