Bayro1997 t1_jdhrdw4 wrote on March 24, 2023 at 2:15 PM Reply to For the first time, autism is being diagnosed more frequently in Black and Hispanic children than in white kids in the U.S., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday. by HorrorCharacter5127 But the reason is also that autism has been extremely expanded in its definition. Many previously separately listed mental, intellectual and social disabilities are now included in autism; even ADHD is now a form of autism. Permalink −6−
Bayro1997 t1_jdhrdw4 wrote
Reply to For the first time, autism is being diagnosed more frequently in Black and Hispanic children than in white kids in the U.S., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday. by HorrorCharacter5127
But the reason is also that autism has been extremely expanded in its definition. Many previously separately listed mental, intellectual and social disabilities are now included in autism; even ADHD is now a form of autism.