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[b]I am saying they are calling everything ASD these days.[/b] You do know that many (most) ASD children have an intellectual disability, right. Not all ASD is high functioning.[/quote]
Umm, no. One in 59 of kids are diagnosed with ASD, but 1 in 6 have some kind of developmental disability, 
https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/autism/data.html

So 90% of kids diagnosed with a developmental disability don't have autism.  How is that "everything."[/quote]

1 in 6 kids total or 1 in 6 with ASD?[/quote]
1 in 6 of all children have a developmental disability.  1 in 59 of all children have ASD.[/quote]

Where are they getting these numbers from?  Actual parents and doctors or the schools who very loosely use educational diagnosis?[/quote]
The CDC has a complex methodology that reviews case files.  It's explained at one the links at the URL above.  And on developmental disabilities generally, you can see more here
https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/developmentaldisabilities/research.html

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