The 1%

It’s 1 in 64 now.

No way, how'd it get that high?

Nope. from autism usa: 'Around 1% of the world's population has autism spectrum disorder. That's more than 75,000,000 people, according to researched conducted by the CDC. 1 in every 100 children are diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. Autism prevalence has increased 178% since 2000.'

Nah, it’s 1 in 64 now in Australia. The rates went up after Federal funding was introduced that was autism specific (for kids aged 2-6). This was done because of the well established research about how effective early intervention is. We now have the National Disability Insurance Scheme for all ages and a big range of disabilities. Perversely,mits now harder to get services and funding for autism and mental health.
A lot depends on screening and testing, as well as services offered. The rates are increasing over time, as an exult of growing awareness.
South Korea has a much higher rate (I don’t know it off hand).

The testing has to be done before services and funding are provided. This leads to kids in middle class households being diagnosed more readily than kids from working class backgrounds.

oh thats in the US

I live in US

I figured. But rates of diagnosis differ. I’m guessing that some states in the US would be around 1 in 64, not 1 in 100. The states with better health care services would be higher.

South Korea has a very high rate. I’m guessing that North Korea would have close to zero. How many paediatricians, child psychologists, speech therapists and occupational physicians would there be in North Korea, where people are starving?

I’m also guessing that the rate on imgflip would be extremely high. It’s a Kinda playground for neurodivergence.

Yeah lol