Where and when did autism begin to appear at such a high rate? Something in the culture/m medicine/environment has changed. I do not remember autistic children when I was a child in the 60s.
Has it actually increased or is it just being given a diagnosis more often now? Kids that in the past would have been considered normal seem like they’re getting tagged as ADHD a lot more often now. I wonder if something similar is going on with autistic spectrum diagnoses.
> I do not remember autistic children when I was a child in the 60s. <
A truly autistic child needs - and deserves - help from society.
But parents of autistic kids are eligible for monthly checks from the government. In my neck of the woods, some parents train their kids to “fail” mental tests for that very reason. I wonder if that has anything to do with the overall rise in autism diagnoses.
http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/getting-disability-benefits-autism.html