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Originally Posted by moonbeam23
I believe there is an increase in autism, but not to the extent that it seems. I agree there is a tendency to overdiagnose, as in the 90's with adhd, and now, every child that's a little different is considered as somewhere on the autism spectrum. There is a variance in social skills with children that is normal. Now they're saying all these geniuses such as Mozart and Einstein and Bill Gates are on the autistic spectrum or have Asperbers (which is on the autistic spectrum) When I went to school, we called them geeks, or kids with more advanced vocabularies, different interests, and poorer social skills than most kids. I say this because my son is highly gifted, different and quirky, and teachers have suggested he may have Aspergers. I think that if they label all these kids that are the kids of techies (like in the SIlicon Valley) as Autistic just because they are different - it may account for a big part of the explosion in autism diagnoses. People are throwing around the word like crazy in the educational field.
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Wow, thanks for saying this. I have been concerned lately with DS as he shows *some* signs of sensory integration (which is sort of linked to autism). I am going crazy and reading everything but the more I think about it, I feel that yes, he may have some of those traits but I really just think he's different and quirky. His vocab is phenomenal and his memory, well, it scares the heck out of me. He is 3.5 and he will ask me to do something that I promised him to do like 3 months ago. (It really freaks me out for the teen years...I can just hear it, But MOM! You said 3 months ago I could have the car!)
Anyway, I'm not saying that one shouldn't get their child checked out if they see the signs but I DO feel there is this rush to label kids when they may just be "different". Does that make sense?