• Tischkante@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Is it spreading, or is this like “why do so many women suddenly get autism” misconception?

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      1 year ago

      Obesity is much easier to see than differences in brain topology, and obese is something a person can become. Nobody “becomes” autistic.

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      1 year ago

      Not the same misconception, though it’s a poor choice of wording.

      Type II diabetes cases are actually increasing around the world, due to factors another comment summarizes very well, but it’s not obviously “spreading” like a contagious disease.

      It’s not an issue of doctors starting to diagnose something that always existed but went undiagnosed due to ignorance/bias like the case with autistic women.