Autism epidemic real or fake?

The objective of this topic is to discuss weather autism is an epidemic. By analyzing the articles provided, it is evident that the cause of autism has yet been found. Many psychologists and scientists have indicated the high increase of autism since the 1980’s. Autism is a developmental disorder that is not an epidemic. Over hundreds of year, the definition of autism has transformed, and the criterion for autism has developed, indicating that the prevalence of autism has obviously increased. Instruments to conduct diagnoses have also altered to mislead autism to be an epidemic. Epidemiology is a way of generating statistics, but is not an accurate way of answering questions of why. This is evident in the myths about the link between vaccinations and autism. The ‘child data’ quarrel demonstrates the how children before the 1990’s were not recorded with autism, which then accounted for the skyrocketing increasing of prevalence in the 1990’s.

Autism epidemic- fact or fiction

Autism is a condition that effects the development and behavior of a person. It is usually identified in early childhood and is diagnosed by recognizing three deficiencies. These include; impaired social skills, communication and repetitive behaviors. Children with autism show limited interest in people and have difficulties identifying emotions. Autism is a condition that children are born with, although the cause is still unknown. The dramatic increase of autism over the past two decades, has raised many questions to weather it is an epidemic. It is evident that numbers of people being diagnosed are rising, although there are still not justifiable reasons as to why. Many Scientists believe that autism is in fact fiction because the diagnosis criteria for autism broadened in the 1990’s, epidemiology is not an accurate way of testing and because there were records of children with autism before the 1990’s.

California department of development services in 1999 indicated that autism