The Types Of People Who Get ADHD Or Autism Diagnoses Changed In The Last Decade

The useful part

According to a paper published in JAMA Psychiatry, the types of people who get diagnosed with ADHD or autism have changed in the past decade or so. Compared to people diagnosed with these forms of neurodivergence a decade or more ago, a Danish study found that children and adolescents with ADHD or autism now have more characteristics in common with the general population. Until 2012, young people with either diagnosis tended to have been born at lower birth weights, while their parents were more likely than those of undiagnosed kids and teens to have lower education rates and less household income.

How it works

• Those links seem to have become "weaker" over the years, with more recently-diagnosed young people increasingly presenting similarly to their neurotypical peers.
• Here, we asked Professor Laura Crane, a Chair in Autism Studies at the University of Birmingham and Director of the Autism Centre for Education and Research (ACER), to weigh in on these findings.
• Let's start with what researchers don't think is happening here.
• Why are people diagnosed with ADHD and autism starting to share more traits with the general population?

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