1 in 45 Kids in the US has Autism

[What Would Jesus Do?]

WTF?

I really haven't been paying attention (no pun intended). Is this an epidemic? Is it something that was always true but we weren't identifying and reporting the numbers correctly in the past? Is it a made up "disease"?

Are we talking about something serious or are we counting everybody with even a slight autism marker?

What are the main autism markers? Does posting on HROT count?

I figure there are some folks here who can cut thorough the chaff for us. TIA.

 

[moral_victory]

inb4 vaccines

EAT IT OiT

 

[The Tradition]

Four words: Social Security Disability Benefits

 

[Titanhawk2]

If you work in a field dominated by engineers, you could conclude it has simply been over looked/unrecognized until the past couple of decades.

 

[22*43*51]

WTF?

What are the main autism markers? Does posting on HROT count?

Yes. I would guess it is about 1 in 10 HROTer's.

I may be one.(licks monitor)

 

[Hoosierhawkeye]

Assuming your numbers are correct it's probably always been true but the identification hasn't been there.

There could be lifestyle factors that havn't been identified as well. Most likely factors during pregnancy.

 

[moral_victory]

Reminds me of a job I did once for a psychologists office. This was probably 2012 or 2013, but essentially the job was to replace the PC they used to ADD/ADHD testing. In this case the PC I was replacing was of the Windows 98 time frame.

 

[artradley]

WTF?

I really haven't been paying attention (no pun intended). Is this an epidemic? Is it something that was always true but we weren't identifying and reporting the numbers correctly in the past? Is it a made up "disease"?

Are we talking about something serious or are we counting everybody with even a slight autism marker?

What are the main autism markers? Does posting on HROT count?

I figure there are some folks here who can cut thorough the chaff for us. TIA.

Autism is a spectrum, and you can be pretty mild and still be on the spectrum. Our daughter was fifteen when she was diagnosed. When the diagnosis was made it made a whole lot of things make a lot more sense than they had before. You would have to live with my daughter and see her behavior for weeks or months at a time to notice the difference between her and any other child.

My suspicion is it went undiagnosed in the past, especially kids who are barely on the spectrum.

 

[TexMichFan]

The Autism Society has a different number. They are at 1 out of 68, which is still a high number.

I think Artradley has it right in his post. It was most likely not diagnosed or classified under something else.

I will add that it could also be similar to dyslexia. Some parents are big on tagging their kids with something - ADD, dyslexia, autism and you can find someone to give you a diagnoses that you want. My wife dealt with a lot of parents who have got their kids tested and found to have dyslexia who don't.

 

[artradley]

The Autism Society has a different number. They are at 1 out of 68, which is still a high number.

I think Artradley has it right in his post. It was most likely not diagnosed or classified under something else.

I will add that it could also be similar to dyslexia. Some parents are big on tagging their kids with something - ADD, dyslexia, autism and you can find someone to give you a diagnoses that you want. My wife dealt with a lot of parents who have got their kids tested and found to have dyslexia who don't.

This is true -- but most parents don't want to hear their kid has Autism. With ADD and dyslexia they can claim their child has a learning disability and requires a lot of assistance and special considerations; which basically just helps them get a better GPA. My wife went to a doctor and simply described our daughter's behavior, and the guy made a diagnosis of ADD and provided a prescription on the spot. He had never even seen our daughter. I told my wife that ADD didn't really explain 90% of the issues. We went back and forth on this for almost two years before she found another doctor who actually spend time with her and us, had us all fill-out long questionnaires, and conducted several tests on our daughter. That's when he found her to be on the Autism spectrum.

It was kind of a kick-in-the-gut initially, but the good new was that now she is being treated appropriately.

 

[unIowa]

1. Vaccines
2. Better Diagnosis
3. GMOs
4. God's punishment for allowing homsexuality

 

[TexMichFan]

This is true -- but most parents don't want to hear their kid has Autism. With ADD and dyslexia they can claim their child has a learning disability and requires a lot of assistance and special considerations; which basically just helps them get a better GPA. My wife went to a doctor and simply described our daughter's behavior, and the guy made a diagnosis of ADD and provided a prescription on the spot. He had never even seen our daughter. I told my wife that ADD didn't really explain 90% of the issues. We went back and forth on this for almost two years before she found another doctor who actually spend time with her and us, had us all fill-out long questionnaires, and conducted several tests on our daughter. That's when he found her to be on the Autism spectrum.

It was kind of a kick-in-the-gut initially, but the good new was that now she is being treated appropriately.

Good point.

Glad your daughter is getting the help she needs.

 

[Herkmeister]

Four words: Social Security Disability Benefits

wherwhere caacan IIII apl apl apl apply?

 

[Herkmeister]

1. Vaccines
2. Better Diagnosis
3. GMOs
4. God's punishment for allowing homsexuality

Shouldn't you add 6 more items to create the 10 Cause Commandments?

 

[unIowa]

This is true -- but most parents don't want to hear their kid has Autism. With ADD and dyslexia they can claim their child has a learning disability and requires a lot of assistance and special considerations; which basically just helps them get a better GPA. My wife went to a doctor and simply described our daughter's behavior, and the guy made a diagnosis of ADD and provided a prescription on the spot. He had never even seen our daughter. I told my wife that ADD didn't really explain 90% of the issues. We went back and forth on this for almost two years before she found another doctor who actually spend time with her and us, had us all fill-out long questionnaires, and conducted several tests on our daughter. That's when he found her to be on the Autism spectrum.

It was kind of a kick-in-the-gut initially, but the good new was that now she is being treated appropriately.

Yep and glad your daughter is getting the help she needs.

Many of these kids used to be just called quite with a high level intelligences.

 

[Herkmeister]

It's frightening.

 

[Herkmeister]

Could it be crossbreeding?

 

[unIowa]

1. Vaccines
2. Better Diagnosis
3. GMOs
4. God's punishment for allowing homsexuality

Shouldn't you add 6 more items to create the 10 Cause Commandments?

5. Obama
6. Communism
7. Aliens
8. Global Warming
9. Failed abortion/miscarriage
10. GMOs (oh shit it made the list twice!)

 

[Herkmeister]

5. Obama
6. Communism
7. Aliens
8. Global Warming
9. Failed abortion/miscarriage
10. GMOs (oh shit it made the list twice!)

#5 is an error. I checked on it and it was W's fault. Call the White House, they'll confirm it.

 

[Hoosierhawkeye]

Yep and glad your daughter is getting the help she needs.

Many of these kids used to be just called quite with a high level intelligences.

That's probably a big part of it. How would a layman necessarily tell the difference between someone who has a quiet personality and high intelligence and someone who has a mild autism spectrum disorder? I mean I believe that the doctors probably have a way of telling the difference but if you are on the mild end of the spectrum, it might not be so immediately obvious to people.