Autism prevalence rises to 1 in 88

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Not true. I watched Good Morning America, and the psychologist/statistician that they interviewed corrected the interviewer on his statement of, "Wow, that's not good..." by saying, "Well, we're better and spotting it, and teachers recognize it, and we're finding milder forms." He never specifically said "Asperger's" but he did say milder forms. It's a start, and I'll take it. Thank you, random statistician psychologist man.

He said hardly, not an absolute statement. So providing one answer does not disprove what he said.

Yes, 1 in 88 children have autism. There is also a broad autistic spectrum and a trigger happy doctor excited to diagnose a new condition like Asperger's. Hell, they throw Ritalin at people with attention problems not related to ADHD. Since I was 9 years old the world population has increased by 4 billion. With all the knowledge we have on autism now we could fill up all the 7 Harry Potter books. And lastly kids that were getting overlooked are now getting diagnosed. IT'S NOT AN EPIDEMIC! IT'S NOT BECAUSE THERE IS MERCURY IN VACCINES! Vaccine damages do happen but it's not actual autism (why do kids get only severe autism from vaccines and not the higher functioning form?) - just like attention problems may not actually be ADHD. Kids with vaccine damage show the best sign of recovery. The autistic brain is far too complex to just be a cause of toxicity in the environment. It is an atypically developing brain with over 200 affected genes that go toward its development. I'm not saying it's a good thing or bad thing. I'm just here to tell people to calm down. Autism has been there from the start and the more we learn about it and the more the population increases the higher the numbers will get.

I'm still not convinced that ppl with aspergers aren't just ppl who've been 'given' a disease by a system that seeks to create elitism and programs those who are not part of the elite to act in a certain way so that others can stay away from them.

Not long ago I would have fit the mold as a recluse... but the more I think about it, the more I realize that I was a recluse because what I knew didn't fit what others know and what other's know is more a convention of knowing each other. I on the other hand had some traumas I never dealt with and got left out of all the reindeer games and never learned the conventions. They are pretty easy to recognize now as time goes on.

Or it's programming from disapproving mothers who want to make you fail.

that is not how evolution works.

ruveyn

One good thing that comes from so much media attention is that at least people are asking a lot more questions, instead of ignoring Autism as "not my problem."

I do have some problems with the way it's being reported for the most part though.

http://sanjayguptamd.blogs.cnn.com/2012 ... as-autism/

Notice in this and many other reports that they talk a lot about the sudden rise, concerns about what really causes Autism and whatnot, and even that "We're paying more attention to it" as being another reason for the sudden rise (IOW: It's being diagnosed more, and not being missed as much), but...

Hardly ever does one hear that one of the reasons could very well be that diagnosis of much higher functioning forms of Autism than in the past are also very likely to be a reason the numbers are rising. Thus, I do think a lot of news watchers and readers see reports like this, and think only of lower functioning Autism, as if 1 in 88 has full blown Classic Autism, which is clearly not true. This, I believe, contributes to a kind of mass hysteria the likes of which videos and articles from Autism Speaks frequently help to create.

It's not an accurate picture, and the media and medical professions both, in general, are not doing enough to educate the public.

The public should know that Autistics who can function on their own to a great extent is one very important reason these numbers are rising. That it is not a scourge, not the impending end of the world, nor the impending end of normalcy.

NO! It isn't as bad as the picture the media allows to exist in people's minds, but it is worthy of attention. I just wish the attention it did get, painted the complete picture instead of letting the public conjure pictures of their own that are not accurate at all.

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If you seriously think that then why are you here? Why be diagnosed at all?

I'm diagnosed because I have symptoms that severely affect my everyday functioning from problems communicating with people, to self-care, to executive dysfunction to repetitive behaviour that when I break I find it very hard to do anything.
I can barely function in public and that is why I have been diagnosed.

Edit: My brain is f***ed today. Sooo many typos.

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If you seriously think that then why are you here? Why be diagnosed at all?

I'm diagnosed because I have symptoms that severely affect my everyday functioning from problems communicating with people, to self-care, to executive dysfunction to repetitive behaviour that when I break I find it very hard to do anything.
I can barely function in public and that is why I have been diagnosed.

Edit: My brain is f***ed today. Sooo many typos.

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Two of my nephews are already receiving help at ages 3 and 7. My sister receives disability payments for the older one and he is receiving 1:1 help in the classroom. The youngest is just a bit slow to speak clearly do is having speech therapy.

The odd thing is that my sister doesn't even know what the diagnosis of the 7 year old is. She has vaguely mentioned dispraxia. All she is able to say for sure is that there are some behavioural problems at home and he walks on tiptoes. He seems relatively normal to me and I've observed him. The school he is in has a lot of kids receiving extra help. They get funding for extra staff.

How many of this new 1 in 88 will evaporate by age 12?

Jason.

I wonder sometimes when people judge someone as normal, if they fail to take into consideration the effect of early intervention and behavioral therapy?

Because the ADDM Network sites do not make up a nationally representative sample, these combined prevalence estimates should not be generalized to the United States as a whole

Two thumbs up for X-Men. I use them a lot to explain autism politics to people and X2 has served me very well as an allegory in the past.
As for 1 in 88 -a whole lot for fear mongering and +a ton because wheee more people like me!