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Hi autistic here. One thing to keep in mind is that autism prevalence appears to be increasing because testing has gotten better : was 0.04% when I was a kid 3
by throwaway74852 3y ago
Hi autistic here. One thing to keep in mind is that autism prevalence appears to be increasing because testing has gotten better : was 0.04% when I was a kid 30 years ago, now 2.78%. Also Asperger's was merged into ASD in 2013. Keep this in mind when reading sources like this.
- sumthingsumthng 3y agoTesting did not get better ... please check the design of the tests and keep in mind that most of these tests happen in/under "lab conditions".
- Osiris 3y agoBut doesn’t more awareness lead to more testing which results in more cases being found due to a larger population being tested?
- throwaway74852 3y agoSorry it got 69 times better or 6800% better. https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/autism/data.html https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/autism/data.html.