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Originally Posted by kane
This article says that scientists are claiming that autism was just as prevalent 30-40 years ago as it is today, it was just diagnosed as something different.
Like you say, 40 years ago they would have made a blanket diagnosis of retarded, but now we know a lot more and they can be more specific with a diagnosis.
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These guys also forget the cultural differences and even life expectancy differences between today and 50 years ago.
50 years ago, nobody wanted the world to know that their child had "problems." It was kept secret. And on top of that, a lot of children that are alive today would have never lived 50 years ago, due to modern medicine. I am 30 and I know that if the medicine I needed when I was a baby wasn't around at that time, I would never be here.
Comparing stats today and 50 years ago is very rough at best.
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