No. It’s actually really well documented why there’s been an increase.
Previously women were seen as less likely to be autistic and often considered for other diagnoses without considering autism. This was also the case for POC.
Secondly, until 2014 ADHD and autism were exclusive diagnoses - if you had one you couldn’t have the other. Now they have realized that they actually occur together naturally diagnoses for both have increased.
Asperger’s is no longer diagnosed in a lot of places (only since around 2015, depending on location) therefore these diagnoses are now joining autism diagnosis numbers.
Access to healthcare, more education, more research than ever before and an ever increasing understanding that autism can occur with or without a low IQ.
Naught to do with insurance and everything to do with fantastic people who have done a lot of research to deepen the understanding of autism and include previously excluded people in a diagnosis that has no exclusions (any colour, any gender, any IQ level, any culture, any age).
No. It’s actually really well documented why there’s been an increase.
Previously women were seen as less likely to be autistic and often considered for other diagnoses without considering autism. This was also the case for POC.
Secondly, until 2014 ADHD and autism were exclusive diagnoses - if you had one you couldn’t have the other. Now they have realized that they actually occur together naturally diagnoses for both have increased.
Asperger’s is no longer diagnosed in a lot of places (only since around 2015, depending on location) therefore these diagnoses are now joining autism diagnosis numbers.
Access to healthcare, more education, more research than ever before and an ever increasing understanding that autism can occur with or without a low IQ.
Naught to do with insurance and everything to do with fantastic people who have done a lot of research to deepen the understanding of autism and include previously excluded people in a diagnosis that has no exclusions (any colour, any gender, any IQ level, any culture, any age).