In the past couple of years, there has been a dramatic increase in autism’s prevalence worldwide. This has led people to point their fingers at pharmaceuticals, the water, the food, and many other things. Professionals aren’t 100% sure if there is just one true cause, or if it’s a combination of multiple causes, but we know it’s probably not the medicine, water, or food.
The main belief is that it is caused by the broadening of the spectrum with the DSM V. This new form of diagnosis encompasses all of the diagnoses that were under pervasive developmental disorder in the DSM IV, grandfathering in many more autistic individuals than ever before. Additionally, parents have become much more informed of this disorder, so they go to see professionals much more often. This combination has probably contributed to the recent rise in autism prevalence.
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