• more about #aspergers
    Megan Brady: I can only speak for myself and my son's experience with Asperger's - and his treatment involves social skills therapy, therapy for anxiety, being a C... more »
    mashkitten: As much as I understand the diagnosis of Asperger's, I can't help but feel insulted by it. I took a questionnaire the one time and answered true to a ... more »
    whynotshesaid: I know the plural of anecdote isn't data, but I have to say that if someone called my mother for this poll, she would have answered yes to both questi... more »
    Atomic Bowling: This subject always makes me think of two things - first, that we shouldn't be so quick to slap such specific labels on children without weighing the ... more »
    PetiteGal: I think one of the reasons of increased diagnosis is because they've expanded what autism is. Years ago, people with Asperger's were just considered ... more »
    silver1881: My personal opinion (full disclosure: I am not a doctor!) is that, while there may be environmental factors, at least part of the reason for the rise ... more »
    Megan Brady: Jenny McCarthy enrages me on @ 100 levels. Her observations and ideas about autism and "curing " autism are nothing more than the verbal diarreha of ... more »
    wednesdayam: If autism really is growing more prevalent, we need to figure out if any environmental factors are contributing to this growth. I'm going to blame hi... more »
    Dirk Anger: "Also, 40% of parents who answered yes to the first question said no to the second, which is odd because autism spectrum disorders are considered incu... more »
    andlemon: These numbers don't seem crazy to me. Even if the survey is flawed. I can easily believe that 1% of the population has some form of an austism spectru... more »
    Lymed: We like to live with a belief that our doctors have all the answers, but they don't. The lack of a biological marker is a huge problem for many illne... more »
    sumerfish: When I read the article descriptor on the front page, I was going to make a joke about how the study consisted of one question: "Do you have autism? Y... more »
    JohanPaladin: There are so many parents out there whose children clearly are afflicted with Aspergers and other Autism Spectrum disorders who simply cannot face and... more »
    Our Lady of the Massacre: Dang, that is terrible methodology - especially considering that we don't really know what autism "is" more »
    colormeroutine: Part of the problem with getting reliable numbers on autism diagnosis is that at the higher functioning end of the spectrum, like Asperger's, the diag... more »
    SarahMC: I guess the methodology is better than asking Jenny McCarthy what she thinks. more »
  • #broadspectrum

    Studies Show Autism More Common Than Previously Thought

    Two studies show more American kids have autism spectrum disorders than previously thought, about one in a hundred. But critics caution that the study methodology may be flawed. More »
  • #aspergers

    Doctors Often Overlook Asperger's Diagnosis In Girls

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