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Study: Autism Is Not Rising

MISPERCEPTION

Method of diagnosis doesn’t reflect reality.

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Reuters

According to a study published Wednesday in the American Journal of Medical Genetics, autism is not actually rising in the United States. Autism diagnoses have tripled in recent years, but the study suggests this is only because young people with intellectual or developmental disabilities have been increasingly reclassified as autistic....

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