The “cause” is quite simple: more visibility, knowledge regarding, and acceptance of neurodiversity.
We don’t (usually) just beat kids until they learn to mask now.
Yes we are testing more now that we better understand the conditions. It used to be “understood” that it was mostly boys who had ADHD. Now we understand that girls are/were taught to act in certain ways, forcing them to learn to mask more effectively.
My spouse and I were both diagnosed with ADHD in our late 30s despite having visible symptoms as children.
When I told my parents I was diagnosed with ADHD, their response was “well you turned out fine, didn’t you?”
My employer acknowledges neurodiversity month with presentations by employees who are neurodiverse to help share their perspectives with the “normies.”
My spouse and I are able to look at our children’s behaviors and see the actions through the lense of their being ADHDers. We are able to look back actions and responses of our parents while we were growing up and see their undiagnosed ADHD.
In short, things like ADHD and Autism have been around a lot, in numbers higher than we used to diagnose, and were just getting better at spotting them.
My first guess would be microplastics.
Or PFOS/PFAS chemicals, air pollution levels, etc etc. Big business has done a lot of damage to us over the years.
The “cause” is quite simple: more visibility, knowledge regarding, and acceptance of neurodiversity.
We don’t (usually) just beat kids until they learn to mask now.
Yes we are testing more now that we better understand the conditions. It used to be “understood” that it was mostly boys who had ADHD. Now we understand that girls are/were taught to act in certain ways, forcing them to learn to mask more effectively.
My spouse and I were both diagnosed with ADHD in our late 30s despite having visible symptoms as children.
When I told my parents I was diagnosed with ADHD, their response was “well you turned out fine, didn’t you?”
My employer acknowledges neurodiversity month with presentations by employees who are neurodiverse to help share their perspectives with the “normies.”
My spouse and I are able to look at our children’s behaviors and see the actions through the lense of their being ADHDers. We are able to look back actions and responses of our parents while we were growing up and see their undiagnosed ADHD.
In short, things like ADHD and Autism have been around a lot, in numbers higher than we used to diagnose, and were just getting better at spotting them.