Obsessed with autism

Does anyone else feel like parents these days are obsessed with thinking their child’s autistic? I see posts constantly of parents stressing about the smallest thing, from the age of only a few months old! I don’t understand?

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Honestly, it feels like people are desperate to slap an autism label on anything that seems even slightly different. I keep seeing parents ask perfectly normal questions online, and straight away the comments jump to “that’s a sign of autism.” It’s getting ridiculous—like someone says, “my child squints a lot,” and suddenly it’s “definitely autism.” No. Maybe they just need an eye test. Not everything is a disorder. The world has gone mad!

I don’t know the rates of ASD diagnosis are scarily high. My eldest is diagnosed and I spent years ignoring the signs because I thought I was being over the top and something do need early intervention. I had everyone telling me he’d do it at his own pace, that just his way, it all gave me comfort at the time but I looking back now I could have been doing the targeted programs early re communication and speech

I know a woman who claims her girl has autism because she takes her socks off to play,

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I’ve tried different things, I’ve changed my hair, try doing my makeup, bought new clothes and it all seems to make me feel worse.

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