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 Originally Posted by Savy
This is kind of the science behind it however it isn't even "more kids" are getting autism it's the fact that autism wasn't a thing and then it was a thing and now it gets diagnosed more.
When I was a kid autism was only used to refer to really severe cases. There was no Aspergers or autism spectrum or anything like that. If you were unable to communicate and banged your head against a wall you were autistic, otherwise no. The "rise" of autism is pretty much down to broadening its definition.
Same thing with dyslexia. Back in the day it didn't even exist, then it meant specifically kids who mixed up letters when reading, now we have kids getting diagnosed with it left and right. Basically it's become a nice way of saying 'someone who's not so good with words'.
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