Well, part of it is that they increased the size of the &quot;spectrum&quot; by adding more conditions and that doctors now check early in case intervention may be required are why the numbers are not so high.<p>Take for example my daughter.  She was able to walk by herself when she was 8 months old.  She got very independent quickly.  She was about to recite entire alphabet and count to 20 by 15 months.  The concerning fact that doctors had was that she did not point at things of interest and had poor eye contact.  By her 2nd birthday, she started receiving speech and occupational therapies from a local early intervention program.  It definitely helped her along with putting her into daycare&#x2F;early preschool environment.  She is very good at memorizing songs and objects.  We&#x27;re a bilingual family and she understands both Polish and English languages.  Recently, she started learning some bits of Spanish at preschool.  She can draw pretty well and can write her own name.<p>Her biggest weakness that we&#x27;re working on now is her speech &#x2F; communication.  She is currently at 27% for her age.