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Even that though. I just don’t think there was as much of it around. I can think of maybe one or two kids in my year at school (100 people ish) who you would today describe as autistic / ADHD. But I can think of at least 3 or 4 in my son’s year of 60, probably more. I’m sure it’s more prevalent...

Nor did I, but when you look back and remember the kids you grew up with, how many of them would you say were autistic? Very few for me, it just seems like a bit of a modern phenomenon.

Why are there so many autistic children around today? I’m sure this wasn’t the case when I was a kid, and I genuinely don’t think it was only a case of it not being diagnosed. My son is fairly mildly autistic (I think, no confirmed diagnoses yet) but I know numerous people with autistic kids...