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Originally Posted by 216
I wonder what has contributed to the huge increase in autism rates. They have sky rocketed.
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I'd say it's more the rate of diagnosis that has risen rather than the rate of incidence.
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Originally Posted by djchameleon
Some people claim it's vaccinations that kids get when they are younger but I don't really believe that. I haven't done the research so I can't say for sure.
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Yeah that's been pretty thoroughly refuted but a lot of people are emotionally committed to the idea so it probably isn't going away in a hurry.
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Originally Posted by djchameleon
meaning more symptoms get filed under autism?
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Well the latest DSM combined Aspergers into general Autism rather than differentiating the two.