I think the x axis is "year of measurement | year of birth" since they are 8 years apart. Very unconventional and it would need an explanation but it's not bad to have both pieces of information handy in this context
this post was submitted on 23 Sep 2025
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Most magats are autists but not all autists are magats?
It’s hard to speculate, but the cdc should take a look at this strong correlation!!
Yeah Autism rates are going up in all groups because people are getting diagnoses. This is partly about better awareness but also partly about money - there is an incentive to expand the diagnosis, diagnose more people and treat more people, which somewhat muddies the water. Autistic Spectrum Disorder first appeared in the American DSM in 2012, unifying 5 existing conditions into one, and then it moved into the international ICD in 2018 (going live in 2022). It is no wonder awareness has gone up, and infrastructure for diagnosis has rolled out.
We're not seeing an increase in Autism, we're seeing an increase in the diagnosis of autism. This graph just shows how stupid and dumbed down the CDC and the White House is under this cretinous president.
It's probably more than just better diagnosis.
"Advanced Parental Age" has a significant body of work behind it, and people are having kids quite a bit older than they used to, because... you know... gestures broadly at how fucked up the world is
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we're seeing an increase in the diagnosis of autism.
Absolutely.
We're not seeing an increase in Autism
Not sure about that. It can be both.
Sure, it's possible, but I'm not sure there's data to support the idea of increasing rates of autism. The increase in diagnosis rates is way too strong of a confounder
Absolute nonsense graph. Buckle up, this shit is going to get way worse.
Diagnosis has improved and perhaps been used too soon in some cases. Its always been here but environmental changes of some kind have increased it slightly. Most likely medical culprit is NSAIDs. Not trumps scapegoat of the moment. The other brand was however shown to cause people to lose empathy with sustained use in some studies.
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I believe the data through 2016, but the last 3 bars are faked. The increase per bin is 5 higher than the previous.
It might be because DSM-V was released in 2013.
"8 year olds, dude." - Walter Sobchak
You said it, maing.
Who's gonna make all the technology, music, art, etc, after we've finally cured autism? We might have to start re-autisming people.
OK there are not 2 bars per year. 2nd last is 2020, last 2022.
It's not clear why everyone is mad at the chart. It does show an increase. Though, this is about autism diagnoseses, which can be influenced by kickback bribes for diagnoseses.
There is a sharper (exponential) increase since 2012, even though pharma corruption solutions existed many years before then, afaik. Some explanation for the acceleration is needed. Its not tylenol or any new vaccines.
Er, did you look at all the dates on the x axis? Because that shit makes no sense whatsoever.
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Just as the microplastics are getting into everything!
A nice dose of synthetic hormones!