More Autistic people are being mainstreamed, rather than being locked away in attics, bedrooms, basements, and institutions of the mentally impaired, as was done in decades (centuries?) past.
Then again, you could simply be experiencing Confirmation Bias - like when you buy a red car, and suddenly notice a large number of red cars when you hadn't really noticed any of them before.
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