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Your first point is not quite what I meant, but the spectrum part of Autism is real, and so an expansion of what is diagnosed as Autism is probably justified un
by SubiculumCode 9y ago
Your first point is not quite what I meant, but the spectrum part of Autism is real, and so an expansion of what is diagnosed as Autism is probably justified until such time (hopefully soon!) where we can really fulfill the dream of identifying separable phenotypes of autism.
- drieddust 9y agoPerhaps then I respectfully disagree. Classifying everything as Autism means huge medical spend which could be used better. Trying to classify every deviation from the narrowly definition "normal" is just lazy.
- SubiculumCode 9y agoI believe you are over estimating the degree that the diagnosis has widened. Instead, awareness of autism is leading to more diagnoses. The instruments have not changed.