Demand for autism care is soaring

orionblastar

I have SchizoAffective Disorder, I also have a Major Mood disorder, and depression. When I was 5, they thought I had autism, but I did an IQ test and had the mental age of 12, and said autism didn't apply to me because I have a high IQ. They didn't know about high-functioning autism back then. So I think I was misdiagnosed. I think I am on the spectrum somewhere on the high end. I learn fast, but sometimes forget what I learned. I am 57 now.

msteffen

Earlier this week, the NYT also published this (to me, very moving) account of a nonverbal autistic man going to graduate school and publishing a novel: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/30/books/review/woody-brown-... It's amazing how much we continue to learn about these conditions.

irickt

This UK government posted a report recently, which I guess prompted this article. Review into mental health conditions, ADHD and autism: interim report (gov.uk). https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/independent-revie...

analog8374

An autist, properly managed, is a wonderful employee. Way better than "normies". Great for science and engineering. Strong motive for creating more autists.

Ancalagon

Are the soaring diagnosis because the frequency of autism in the general population is increasing? Or just increasing education and diagnosis

hbcondo714

> Once diagnosed, many children receive Applied Behaviour Analysis (aba) Shameless plug but to see ABA data better, I built a site with the Observable Framework[1] that analyzes sessions at: https://behavior.today [1] https://github.com/observablehq/framework

Ferret7446

Wasn't autism care also one of the avenues for fraud recently highlighted in Minnesota et al?