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Autism doesn't mean anything. I'm on the autistic spectrum because my verbal iq is 154 but spatial iq is 103. This difference causes me to not use spatial information naturally, so growing up I didn't look at people's faces. Only reason I do have a diagnosis was because in medical school my weakness became apparent when working with motor skills and other spatial tasks. You would have no idea I was on the spectrum if you spoke to me.

The point is, autism rates has increased because the definition of autism has changed, and because societal expectaions are more mentally demanding, in school and in social dynamics