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Originally Posted by Hydrocket
Really? Was there some great leap in diagnostic technology to enable a vast difference from 2012 to 2013? (even though 2013 isn't done yet).
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"Diagnosis" includes the doctor. It's not like you sit in a machine and some kind of printout comes out that says "autism."
As research continues and awareness grows, doctors are more informed and prepared to properly 'diagnose' diseases that may have gone previously 'undiagnosed' and didn't even technically exist in previous years.
Milt's example is a good one. Before it was en vogue to diagnose ADHD, it was called "That there's a Wild Child."