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Originally Posted by [MERIT]
So what do you guys think is the reason for the dramatic rise in autism? I realize that they have widened the scope of symptoms that fall under the autism spectrum, but that can't be the only reason that cases are more than 100 times more prevalent than they were in the 1970's.
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That is the most logical reason, though. As well, the most likely cause of autism is genetic - as the population grows, so do the number of documented diagnoses of autism and all it's variants (Asperger's, Rett Syndrome, PDD-NOS, etc.)