19 May 2013, 10:10 pm
But seriously, we are pretty rare. Learning Disabilities, Attention Deficit, Speech Impairments or Retardation is more common in spite what Autism speaks and calls it an “epidemic.” At most I might have met three possible people but I was not close to them. As a child I met two other children in special Ed with full autism blown. From my experience it was pretty rare out of the 1000s of people met.
Further, I met many people with other disabilities and have been part of the “disabled” community most of my life ie through meet up groups or college Etc.
I did'nt intend to get on your nerves, but I see humor there
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I will respectfully disagree with the prevailance numbers implied in the quoted post. In my experence, AS rates are within the more recent CDC numbers. Now, I don't have a random survey to prove that, but I do have to lean towards a higher number of Aspies.
19 May 2013, 10:18 pm
See we Aspies have humor... 
But to be Aspie like...CDC is a good source and that is 2009-10 data sets. Plus, CDC suggests the prevalence of Autism is going up but when compared to the general population not a high prevalence. When compared to the disability community as a whole you more likely to meet other disabled such as deaf or learning disabled etc.
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The data suggests, Autism is being recognized earlier on and as part of a "spectrum", thus, the percentages are going up dramatically. But compared to the general population or more common handicaps it is still pretty rare. So to apply this concept to how many people you meet personally. So 1 in 88 is 1.136% of people met.
http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/adhd/data.html
http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/adhd/data.html
http://www.cdc.gov/features/dsDev_Disabilities/
http://www.cdc.gov/NCBDDD/actearly/facts.html
http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/features/birt ... dings.html
Note, if you have family members with aspergers you are more likely to then know others in turn via family selection.
20 May 2013, 7:34 am
