Quoted: Dr. Darold Treffert, a former president of the Wisconsin Medical Society and one of the state’s autism research pioneers, believes both sides have some truth on their side.
“Some of the increase is no doubt due to what we call diagnostic creep, but beyond that there does seem to be a real increase,” said Treffert, who retired from active practice five years ago but remains a clinical professor at the UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health.