Why are all the kids being born in Silicon Valley getting diagnosed with ASD?? Maybe because at least one of their software engineer parents could/should have been.
This was apparently one of the starting points in the US according to the book Neurotribes.
Autism was always around. Someone once said that everyone had that uncle that was really REALLY into collecting trains and displaying them.
Since I heard that back in the day… I just accepted that there’s nothing new under the sun and all these trigger points for folks today have just always been around. We just have a 24 hour news cycle now.
Kinda. Another large component is that we just understand the disorder better now and are able to diagnose it (more) properly. Same with ADHD (although to a lesser extent)
It’s also a tweet about the apparent increase in autism rates.
Why are all the kids being born in Silicon Valley getting diagnosed with ASD?? Maybe because at least one of their software engineer parents could/should have been.
This was apparently one of the starting points in the US according to the book Neurotribes.
Autism was always around. Someone once said that everyone had that uncle that was really REALLY into collecting trains and displaying them.
Since I heard that back in the day… I just accepted that there’s nothing new under the sun and all these trigger points for folks today have just always been around. We just have a 24 hour news cycle now.
Kinda. Another large component is that we just understand the disorder better now and are able to diagnose it (more) properly. Same with ADHD (although to a lesser extent)
And homosexuality, and mental health, and ADHD, and…