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Politics : The Trump Presidency
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To: neolib who wrote (176467)8/12/2020 9:15:16 AM
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It is pretty clear there is better diagnosis. For a long time, the diagnosis only covered those who couldn't function without lots of help. What is now considered level 3. It used to be sort of a mystery that those with Asperger's, which is now part of level 1, did not show a bell curve as to intelligence, but heavily weighted towards the high end. It was eventually realized that the smart ones were able to develop coping skills and could camouflage their disabilities to some extent. Most of the "excess" diagnoses are one the level 1 and level 2 levels of severity which in the past would have been diagnosed as something else if it was ever diagnosed at all. And then there is the problem of diagnosing girls who tend to naturally be more social and the past were considered shy or bookish.

As of last count, there are something like 100 genes that are implicated with autism. Which means there are a lot of ways things can go wrong that are lumped under the category of "autism". Which goes a long way in explaining why the symptoms can be so varied and seemingly unconnected. Because they are.
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