Quote Originally Posted by Iscah View Post
A lot of people are glad of an autism diagnosis, and probably have it because they sought it out for official confirmation.

The increasing amount of diagnoses is to do with awareness of it in the first place, and perhaps increased willingness to talk about it.

Knowing we have a condition and how it affects us is important. It helps us to understand how our brains work, and what we need to look out for.


The terminology has shifted too. I have Asperger's, which used to be set apart as the "high-functioning" end of the autism spectrum, but now has officially been merged in and it's all just "autism" regardless of the degree. I'm not sure I like that, and prefer to stick to the original term.
Autism is the new ADHD/ADD in the fact its way over diagnosed. There doesn't have to be a diagnosis for everything. Some people are not social butterflies and its okay. I'll link you to a study later on that said (paraphrasing of course) that with the rise of the itnernet and online communities Autism has increased as well. You have to learn to socialize like anything else in life. And when people shut themselves in to play video games/watch anime/ and not hang around people? That causes social ignorance. Autism is very real, and very debilitating, but what used to be called Aspergers? now ASD? Was too common to make sense.