That should bring the stat down.
Qualifier: not all obviously, but it has certainly become a way to remove personal responsibility as a parent.
This opened up options for medication and therapies that will help keep her from shooting up a daycare someday We hope - her tantrums are so bad the neighbors have called the police
That's the worst part of ASD to me, and frankly one of the least talked about
Abnormalities in a kid do not instantly indicate a disorder. Yet doctors are quick to prescribe adderall to the first person that comes in their office and claims they have "trouble concentrating".
There are specific, medical criteria which need to be met for a diagnosis, and these criteria are outlined in the DSM V [1]. These are the details on how the disorders are classified, since you asked.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DSM-5#Neurodevelopmental_disor...
The vast majority of parents don't want a diagnosis so they can blame it on the disease and ignore their responsibility. They want a diagnosis because they desperate for something, anything to help their child.