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"Hot spot" map of prevalence of autism spectrum disorder by county (lemmy.world)
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https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Hot-Spot-Analysis-for-the-Estimated-Proportion-of-Children-with-ASD-County-Level_fig2_370523386

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[–] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 5 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

Autism is indeed just a label how the medical world identifies us.

Neurodivergent is how we identify ourselves and i believes it fits your observations very well.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neurodiversity

This map likely only looks at diagnosis and ignores dyslexic and adhd types.