You are viewing a single comment's thread.

view the rest of the comments →

0
11

[–] blackblarneystone 0 points 11 points (+11|-0) ago 

perhaps we have an "increase" in autism due to diagnostic advancements...

you could say "150 years ago nobody was diagnosed with autism!" and you wouldn't be wrong, but it doesn't mean there weren't autistic people.

[–] [deleted] 1 point -1 points (+0|-1) ago 

[Deleted]

0
2

[–] blackblarneystone 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

i was under the impression that the medical community was pretty much in agreement that it was genetic.

i could be completely mistaken, though. wouldn't be the first time.