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[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 144 points 1 week ago (4 children)

It's also a tweet about the apparent increase in autism rates.

[–] BestBouclettes@jlai.lu 97 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

And homosexuality, and mental health, and ADHD, and...

[–] 7U5K3N@lemmy.dbzer0.com 31 points 1 week ago

Autism was always around. Someone once said that everyone had that uncle that was really REALLY into collecting trains and displaying them.

Since I heard that back in the day.. I just accepted that there's nothing new under the sun and all these trigger points for folks today have just always been around. We just have a 24 hour news cycle now.

[–] entwine413@lemm.ee 22 points 1 week ago

Kinda. Another large component is that we just understand the disorder better now and are able to diagnose it (more) properly. Same with ADHD (although to a lesser extent)

[–] iowagneiss@midwest.social 11 points 1 week ago

Why are all the kids being born in Silicon Valley getting diagnosed with ASD?? Maybe because at least one of their software engineer parents could/should have been.

This was apparently one of the starting points in the US according to the book Neurotribes.