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androbot01
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23 Jun 2015, 6:15 pm

Forgotten History of Autism

^a short Ted presentation. I think Silberman does a good job.

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Decades ago, few pediatricians had heard of autism. In 1975, 1 in 5,000 kids was estimated to have it. Today, 1 in 68 is on the autism spectrum. What caused this steep rise? Steve Silberman points to “a perfect storm of autism awareness” — a pair of psychologists with an accepting view, an unexpected pop culture moment and a new clinical test. But to really understand, we have to go back further to an Austrian doctor by the name of Hans Asperger, who published a pioneering paper in 1944. Because it was buried in time, autism has been shrouded in misunderstanding ever since.



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23 Jun 2015, 6:18 pm

Yep....you pretty much hit the nail on the head.

Autism awareness caused the increase in "incidence."