A question of some debate is whether autism is on the rise. Autism was first described by Leo Kanner in 1943, when he wrote about 11 children born in the 1930's who were “markedly and uniquely different from anything described so far.” Since then autism diagnoses have constantly risen through the years, reaching to the point where 1 in 150 children born develop some form of ASD.
Is autism really on the rise or is the constant rise in autism diagnoses due solely to awareness and broadening the defintion of autism? Did Kanner write about something that was common, yet nobody had bothered to describe, or did he really describe a new disease? Were autistics alweays there, but just called by another name before? You can find opinions on both sides of the fence.
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