#Autism statistics: What's the point?

Admittedly,  I have been out of touch for most of the day but I know that the new #Autism statistics have been released.  The numbers are pretty scary if you ask me.

However,  I just have to ask, what's the point?

I mean,  as soon as the new DSM is released and the new criteria takes affect,  those numbers will no longer be accurate.  Does that make sense?

Are they looking to sorta *cook the books*,  so to speak?  In other words,  if a large segment of the autistic community is going to quite possibly be removed by the autism diagnostic criteria,  won't that affect the statistics?

Instead of 1/88,  what will it be?

I just don't understand the point of putting out the statistics now, if they're doing to be *undiagnosing* a whole lot of people in the near future.

Thoughts?

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