Eric Garcia

And it makes it look like on a very surface level, with a very surface level understanding, that this is an epidemic. Right.

And it makes it look like on a very surface level, with a very surface level understanding, that this is an epidemic. Right.

Right. And I want to pause here because I feel like this is very confusing to people. Anybody can Google these charts and pretty much any year you start in. Yes. So there's a chart that shows California. You can start in the 40s and 50s. Basically, nobody has autism. And then it's around the year 1990. Yes. When it starts to lift. Correct.

Right. And I want to pause here because I feel like this is very confusing to people. Anybody can Google these charts and pretty much any year you start in. Yes. So there's a chart that shows California. You can start in the 40s and 50s. Basically, nobody has autism. And then it's around the year 1990. Yes. When it starts to lift. Correct.

Right. And I want to pause here because I feel like this is very confusing to people. Anybody can Google these charts and pretty much any year you start in. Yes. So there's a chart that shows California. You can start in the 40s and 50s. Basically, nobody has autism. And then it's around the year 1990. Yes. When it starts to lift. Correct.

And then you get to 2020 and it, like, booms into the sky. Now, you can do this about Northern Ireland, California, Sweden. Oman, China. Oman, China. I mean, basically, everybody would look at these charts and hear RFKs say there's an autism epidemic. And it makes some kind of sense. And I think it's really important to pause here because that's what a layperson who knows nothing would pick up.

And then you get to 2020 and it, like, booms into the sky. Now, you can do this about Northern Ireland, California, Sweden. Oman, China. Oman, China. I mean, basically, everybody would look at these charts and hear RFKs say there's an autism epidemic. And it makes some kind of sense. And I think it's really important to pause here because that's what a layperson who knows nothing would pick up.

And then you get to 2020 and it, like, booms into the sky. Now, you can do this about Northern Ireland, California, Sweden. Oman, China. Oman, China. I mean, basically, everybody would look at these charts and hear RFKs say there's an autism epidemic. And it makes some kind of sense. And I think it's really important to pause here because that's what a layperson who knows nothing would pick up.

It totally makes sense that on the surface, it looks like there's this spike. But you have to remember, of course, autism didn't get a separate diagnosis in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Until 1980, it didn't get one. Then you got what was then called Asperger's syndrome, thanks to the research of Lorna Wing in the United Kingdom.

It totally makes sense that on the surface, it looks like there's this spike. But you have to remember, of course, autism didn't get a separate diagnosis in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Until 1980, it didn't get one. Then you got what was then called Asperger's syndrome, thanks to the research of Lorna Wing in the United Kingdom.

It totally makes sense that on the surface, it looks like there's this spike. But you have to remember, of course, autism didn't get a separate diagnosis in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Until 1980, it didn't get one. Then you got what was then called Asperger's syndrome, thanks to the research of Lorna Wing in the United Kingdom.

Then in 1994, which was the year that my parents started screening me for things, you got, I believe it was PDDNOS, pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified. But, you know, it was this gradual increase. improvement and broadening of the spectrum.

Then in 1994, which was the year that my parents started screening me for things, you got, I believe it was PDDNOS, pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified. But, you know, it was this gradual increase. improvement and broadening of the spectrum.

Then in 1994, which was the year that my parents started screening me for things, you got, I believe it was PDDNOS, pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified. But, you know, it was this gradual increase. improvement and broadening of the spectrum.

And then in 2013, what happens is the American Psychiatric Association, which publishes the DSM, puts all of these diagnoses under one umbrella as autism spectrum disorder. And there are levels. There's level one autism, which is people who can speak in full sentences, but might have difficulty with sensory processing or might have difficulty with social interaction.

And then in 2013, what happens is the American Psychiatric Association, which publishes the DSM, puts all of these diagnoses under one umbrella as autism spectrum disorder. And there are levels. There's level one autism, which is people who can speak in full sentences, but might have difficulty with sensory processing or might have difficulty with social interaction.

And then in 2013, what happens is the American Psychiatric Association, which publishes the DSM, puts all of these diagnoses under one umbrella as autism spectrum disorder. And there are levels. There's level one autism, which is people who can speak in full sentences, but might have difficulty with sensory processing or might have difficulty with social interaction.

Then there's level two, where they might be able to speak in smaller sentences or smaller words. And then there's level three, which is where they need, you know, I think the classic around the clock care that we typically associated with autism. We still associate with autism and we shouldn't erase those people. But I think that it's important to remember that the diagnostic criteria was changing

Then there's level two, where they might be able to speak in smaller sentences or smaller words. And then there's level three, which is where they need, you know, I think the classic around the clock care that we typically associated with autism. We still associate with autism and we shouldn't erase those people. But I think that it's important to remember that the diagnostic criteria was changing

Then there's level two, where they might be able to speak in smaller sentences or smaller words. And then there's level three, which is where they need, you know, I think the classic around the clock care that we typically associated with autism. We still associate with autism and we shouldn't erase those people. But I think that it's important to remember that the diagnostic criteria was changing