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How Do You Diagnose Autism? Michael Savage thinks doctors are getting it wrong. By Juliet Lapidos Children's advocacy groups are demanding that Michael Savage apologize for denigrating autism as the "illness du jour" on his radio program last Wednesday. Savage also attributed the high prevalence of autism and related disorders to faulty diagnoses: "In 99 percent of the cases, it's a brat who hasn't been told to cut the act out." How do doctors spot the disorder? Surveillance and interviews. According to the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, autism is an ear