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SUMMARY:Increased autism diagnosis in the UK - Ginny Russell\, University 
 of Exeter
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CONTACT:Elizabeth Weir
DESCRIPTION:Epidemiological work from the UK has observed an exponential i
 ncrease in reported diagnosis. The talk covers a study of autism diagnosis
  from primary care data covering 9 million patients in the UK over a 20 ye
 ar period. Increased diagnosis was steeper in females\, and adults\, sugge
 sting this is an artefact of increased diagnosis and reporting rather than
  an increase in autism per se. The reasons for the observed UK trend will 
 be assessed leaving plenty of time for discussion. Autistic traits are nor
 mally distributed in the population\, hence there are more autistic people
  with less severe traits nearer the population mean: if less severe traits
  are encapsulated in diagnostic protocols\, an exponential increase will r
 esult\; a process known as ‘diagnostic creep’. Discussion will centre 
 on diagnosis as an object: how diagnosis of autism is intertwined with sel
 f-identification and culturally available narratives\, which contribute to
  mass de-stigmatisation and feedback loops. It will refer to Hacking’s 
 “making up people”\, which discusses the evolution of diagnostic categ
 ories as an interplay of social movements\, health institutions and scienc
 e.
LOCATION:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85130861934?pwd=c1l1czdNSFVaUzdtRDRPSlU
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