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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The historical perspective seems to be lacking here. There was a time not very long ago (1990s, when I was in school), when an autism diagnosis was extremely rare. It was only given to the very most impacted children, as in “Rain Man.” I volunteered at a residential school for autistic teens. At that time, people may be surprised to hear, a much more common diagnosis was “mental r-tardation.” Huge numbers of kids were put into that category. Here is a document: https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00040023.htm The kids haven’t changed. They are being labeled differently.[/quote] My kids are diagnosed with ASD and have IQ (GAI) of 125 and 145. They aren't MR. DH's family has ADHD and my family has quirky, but our kids have more ADHD and quirky than any older family members. Is it genetic? Seems likely. Is it environmental? To me, also seems likely.[/quote]
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