• ramble81@lemm.ee
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    5 days ago

    For reference. That middle blue spot is centered on the DFW metroplex. An area of over 8.4M people in the center. What that most likely means is there are a large number there that are undiagnosed likely due to political and educational reasons.

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      I am going with regional insurance/medical provider policy on coverage of the diagnosis. If an autism diagnosis gets more covered care, it’s diagnosed more. If other diagnosis gets the patient the care that they need, it’s another disease that overlaps.

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      4 days ago

      Maybe, or maybe it’s environmental, or just statistically insignificant. With no further information on what their “confidence” is in, exactly, this is basically map gore.