&gt; austin<p>Spellchecker strikes again?<p>&gt; (almost to the point of not being a useful label)<p>Likely didn&#x27;t help that now Aspergers is lumped in with the label, though the reason it was not there for the longest time was that people lacked some of the classic markers (language development in particular).<p>As for rising rates, i have a pin on the world turning more &quot;social&quot;. Where before you could always retreat to a back room job or such, now a days most of those jobs are automated away. What is left is those that involve some amount of social interaction, thats far from a functional environment when dealing with autism.