autism

Caught the tail end of The View today and needless to say they were talking about the increase in autism diagnosis-es. I can’t remember the doctor’s name but I remember seeing her on Good Morning America. She was pushing her new book about Myths in Medicine. One interesting tidbit I caught is that she said they were finding that most families are now touched by autism in some way or another. Relatives are thinking back to Uncle Whatever and remembering odd behaviors that they might have done which are now recognized for being autistic behaviors. So here is my question; Is it more prevalent now or did it just go undiagnosed? Because of all the methods to treat fertility and technology giving us more accurate advise on when to conceive, more babies are being born. Is that what is increasing the incidence? I wonder.