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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/23/health/autism-misdiagnosis-rate/

It's good to see more mainstream media on this.

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Wow, you're really out of the loop.  The mainstream media isn't "on this."  The [b]report came out over a year ago[/b]:
http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/27/health/cdc-autism/

The "rise" in autism is tied to the 1973 FAPE legislation:
https://www.ted.com/talks/wendy_chung_autism_what_we_know_and_what_we_don_t_know_yet?language=en

We also get it.  Please get over your kid's diagnosis or misdiagnosis.  So no need to post pointless links.[/quote]

That report came out a year ago. THIS one is newer and the information is just hitting the media now, from what I've seen:

http://www.nbcnews.com/health/kids-health/study-suggests-autism-being-overdiagnosed-n450671

[b]Blumberg's team followed up on a national survey of more than 1,500 parents of kids with autism.
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"Approximately 13 percent of the children ever diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder were estimated to have lost the diagnosis, and parents of 74 percent of them believed it was changed due to new information," Blumberg's team wrote.

This means 9 percent of the children originally diagnosed with autism got that diagnosis changed. Many got a new diagnosis of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder or ADHD, the researchers found.

"It is possible this is the result of the high overlap between the symptoms of these disorders," they wrote.

It's possible that language and developmental delays look like autism, and it's also possible that kids with other learning disabilities are given an autism diagnosis because services are more available in some places for children with autism, they said. [/quote]

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