The apparent rise in autistic people in the last 40 years

Question

I’m curious as to the seeming rise of autistic humans in the last decades.

Is it that it was just not understood and therefore not diagnosed/reported?

Are there environmental or even societal factors that have corresponded to this increase in cases?

In: Biology

Answer 1

Keep in mind that Reddit inflates autism numbers by the majority claiming it through self diagnosis. Actual diagnosis’ are up but not nearly as much as Reddit would have you believe.