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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Shouldn't we be able to compare rates for autism for children that are not high functioning. When RFK Jr made his comments he was obviously referring to people with autism that cannot function normally. I understand that there is the potential that high functioning autism is on the rise due to potential better diagnosis etc but shouldn't the numbers for non-verbal / non-functioning cases be much clearer due to the fact that even 25 years ago these individuals would have been clear or where they diagnosed with something completely different?[/quote]

DP.  While some people like to say that the incidence of autism is not increasing, that it is instead diagnosis substitution or changes in the DSM, there are real increases in [u]both[/u] high-functioning autism and severe autism, which is more obvious and not debatable.  Both of these should be investigated, whether they are the same label, as they currently are, or separated into two entirely separate diagnoses, which might make sense.  [/quote]

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