Here‘s a video on why it looks like Autism “maybe” increasing. https://youtu.be/S0l9El7bg44?si=LnK2979IwJBjzeRJ
ncsufoxes The other things that the video does not mention is: girls were largely dismissed from early autism diagnosis, also many non White children, particularly Black children were diagnosed with things like intellectual or behavioral disorders, not Autism. There is also a lack in consistency in evaluation methods/standards. The ADOS has become the tool to use, but it is not used correctly all the time. And the ADOS has only been really used in the last 2w
ncsufoxes few years. Plus many different communities have not always had access or availability to psychologists for evaluations. Or taking in cultural norms for evaluation purposes, since most evaluations tools are normed on white males (there has been a push to change & update evaluations measures but it‘s an extensive & expensive process). (edited) 2w
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ncsufoxes Additionally Autism was initially diagnosed as a childhood seizure disorder. I‘m pretty sure this was mentioned in Neurotribes & I think (it‘s been many years since I‘ve read it many years ago) the tagged book also discusses the history of Autism. As an anthropologist he does a really nice overview of Autism & changing diagnostic criteria in the DSM. It was written in 2007, so none of the updated info is in there. I probably need to reread it![[tagged book]](https://image.librarything.com/pics/litsy_webpics/icon_taggedBook@3x.png)
Unstrange Minds: Remapping the World of Autism 2w
Unstrange Minds: Remapping the World of Autism
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