With children, absolutely there is accidental or negligent misdiagnoses; 3x incidence from birth year 92 to 08 is more than just awareness. With teens and especially adults, there's a bizarre trend to enthusiastically self-diagnose, with the casual criteria overlapping with introverted habits or slight autistic traits. Makes it tricky to differentiate from an actual high-functioning who's well practiced at social rituals.
The spectrum should have been given a different name and separated from the condition. Makes it apparent at first glance who self-diagnosed.
With children, absolutely there is accidental or negligent misdiagnoses; 3x incidence from birth year 92 to 08 is more than just awareness. With teens and especially adults, there's a bizarre trend to enthusiastically self-diagnose, with the casual criteria overlapping with introverted habits or slight autistic traits. Makes it tricky to differentiate from an actual high-functioning who's well practiced at social rituals.
The spectrum should have been given a different name and separated from the condition. Makes it apparent at first glance who self-diagnosed.