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What I've read about the causes of Autism generally says that we still don't know the causes. My understanding is that there are lots of potential 'causes' for autism, ADHD, Asperger's, etc. so I kind of assume that these aren't 'caused' by any one thing specifically, but are more like a standard response from the body. Like when you break the surface of your skin it doesn't matter how it happened, the body will still react to it the same way and form a scab. So maybe that's what happens. It's a standard response of the mind in response to lots of different causes. Based on this I sort of think the spike is more about more people being diagnosed as autistic because doctors and other professionals aren't being selective in picking out causes.General question for anyone: what do you think has led to the spike in autism in the past decade or so? I can't find recent data from my brief search but I found a comparison between 2001 and 2007, and the spike was apparent even then. Is this attributed to just more awareness of what autism is so more people are being caught, misdiagnosis, or something that's affecting us as a whole genetically?