Recent Statistics Have Claimed That Autism Spectrum Disorder Diagnoses Have

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Recent statistics have claimed that autism spectrum disorder diagnoses have skyrocketed among youth. However, many researchers have pointed out that the recent shifted to the DSM-5 resulted in reclassifications of many individuals to the autism spectrum as Asperger's disorder is no longer an available diagnosis. This change in the diagnostic manual has directly affected diagnoses and therefore it is difficult to accurately determine whether there has been a rise in autism spectrum diagnoses due to:

• A) testing effect.
• B) instrumentation.
• C) attrition.
• D) sensitization effect.