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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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I didn't read it that carefully but it looked like these are targeted studies looking for specific data and outcomes and not inclusive of entire populations.  It wasn't clear in less I missed it where they got the case files from.[/quote]
I am not sure why targeted studies bother you, but here's autism data from a general parent survey.  It gives a higher prevalence of 1 in 40, but I think that may not be so accurate, since it asks parents if any doctor or health professional ever said your kid has autism.  There are cases where autism was suspected, but later ruled out, but parents still could say yes to the question.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5833544/

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