Why Autism Isn't "Trendy"

Yes, there's been a recent rise in autism diagnoses. No, it's not a trend.

As a result of my recent Autism Traits list I received a slough of messages that were expressing concern for the potential of spreading misinformation about the nature of autism, with the end result being that droves upon droves of people will self-diagnose and become part of a ‘trendy legion’ of delusional automatons, simply following the latest hot to…