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Suffering from over diagnosis

Irish Daily Mirror

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March 14, 2025

THE news this week that one in 20 Irish schoolkids are autistic reveals a crazy culture of overdiagnosis here.

- LARISSA NOLAN

If real, it would make us the country with the highest rate of autism in the world; an international case study.

But no - what we are is the country with the highest level of overdiagnosis.

Just a few years ago, it was one in 100, which is the standard ratio.

It's due to a trend towards pathologising challenging behaviours in children.

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