Thanks to spacemuffin

[conuly]

For the record, I think it's a combination of more diagnoses and more recognition - the two feed off each other.

With autism on the rise -- as many as 12 in every 10,000 children (boys more than girls) -- how can a parent tell if their child is autistic or if they have some other mental health disorder?

Or is perfectly normal. Notice they don't mention that.

Autism prevents children and adolescents from interacting normally with other people, and affects almost every aspect of their social and psychological development.

Yeah, you could say that, but... children and adolescents? What about adults? Why "autism prevents" instead of "autistics do not"? *shruggles*

One child with autism does not behave like another child with the same diagnosis

True 'dat.

In addition to these characteristics, some children with autism experience hypersensitivity to hearing, touch, smell or taste.

You forgot lighting. And hyposensitivity, as unusual as that seems to be. And adults, why on earth do you insist on forgetting adults?

Really, it's not nearly as bad an article as I'd hoped. Drat. Those are more fun to mock.

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[codeman38.livejournal.com]

Argh. The way these articles are written, it's no wonder that NTs so often have the impression that autistic adults simply don't exist... >_

[conuly]

Seriously. I know this is written with an eye towards parents, but it would've been easier to say "autistics" than "children and adolescents with autism" all the time.