Autism increases because the establishment dumbs down the definition.
For God’s sake, there is now constant talk of “autism spectrum”, and seriously, they’ve got most of us on it. It’s BS. Even more is ADD.
Look into the gov-driven education system. They are hand-tied on the 1 hand to do anything about difficult kids, and on the other they love the dollars for “disabled” kids.
It’s true. Ask my mom, the special-ed teacher/leader.
It’s true & I’m a special needs teacher. Where I teach it sure seems like a big part of it is the home environment. Lack of fathers, drugs, completely unstable home life, no books at home, no appropriate conversation to build vocabulary.......you have a messed up child. Add to that the check you can apply for when your child has an IEP. I have one family who is getting a check for at least 4 kids. They don’t work & but a new house a few years ago. I do have to add that their children are genuinely simple/ mentally retarded & the student I have is nonverbal & has genuine autism.
One 1st grade teacher at my school has 13 children under Child Protective Services. 13!!!!!!!! You have kids coming into school knowing nothing & having no socialization/home training skills.
It’s a mess & society is paying dearly in dollars & having a population that does not participate in society, but takes.
Autism is also used as a label instead of ID (intellectually disabled).
Keep changing the definition of Austism and pretty soon, it'll be 1 in 2.