Doctors and so-called "scientific professionals" keep telling parents of autistic children: "Autism isn't increasing. We're just diagnosing it better."

Let's pause and actually THINK about that claim.

Right now, nationally, 1 in 34 children is being diagnosed with autism. In California? The worst rate ever recorded: 1 in 12.5 boys!

Go back to when we all went to the theater to see Rain Man. It was a massive hit because Dustin Hoffman's character was so unique, so shocking, none of us had ever seen anything like it!

In my entire school growing up?

Not one single child with autism. Not one in the whole school!

If it was truly 1 in 12.5 back then, you would've seen it everywhere. It would've been impossible to miss.

Now look at history: The greatest minds—Charcot, Tourette, Freud—spent years in insane asylums meticulously describing every psychological and neurological condition they saw. Schizophrenia, OCD, every disorder—they documented it all in perfect detail over 100 years ago. Not one single description of autism. No repetitive behaviors, no severe social withdrawal like we see today. It simply didn't exist in their records.

And Bobby Kennedy makes such a great point: Where are all the men my age with autism? If the rates were always this high, every 12th elderly man in a nursing home should have autism. Go visit one. There are none that I know of.

@delbigtree