Autism "over-diagnosis"
This makes me sad, it implies the increases in people being diagnosed autistic aren't "real" and such people aren't really autistic 🙁
https://nypost.com/2023/04/24/doctor-who-broadened-autism-spectrum-sorry-for-over-diagnosis
It's also strange this is the takeaway, not that people weren't spotted earlier as #ActuallyAutistic.
I am reminded of this graph of left-handedness. There aren't more left-handed people than before, they're just being correctly identified (and not made to surpress their left-handedness):
re: Autism "over-diagnosis"
I'd keep in mind that the NY Post is a rag owned by Rupert Murdoch - same guy that owns Fox News. If there are two sides to an issue, they'll be on the fascist side.
re: Autism "over-diagnosis"
Thank you, I'm to know glad it's not respectable and that he is outdated now.
re: Autism "over-diagnosis"
@ScottSoCal @Jessica Exactly, the NYPost is not a trustable source. And the 'Dr Allen Frances' (1942) which this tabloid article is about, is now 80 years old, doesn't follow modern science anymore, but he does very conveniently have a new anti-big-pharma book to sell to covidiot-like gullible people. He's simply trolling for attention.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_Frances
Based on what we already know, his book and this whole article are unscientific disinformation garbage. If there's any new insight I would not expect it from a 80yo quack.