Professor Uta Frith of University College London recently spoke out about autism spectrum disorder (ASD) diagnosis, saying urgent changes are needed in how the condition is diagnosed as it “has been stretched to breaking point and has outgrown its purpose.”
The comments were made after a study was published in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry looking at time trends in autism diagnosis in the UK over 20 years. The study revealed that cases of autism diagnosis have risen by 787%.