How long will the leaders of this country ignore the autism epidemic?

When will people stop shrugging autism off as better diagnosis? Any intelligent person knows that autism is not something that just gets over looked. Today or 50yrs ago a child with autism would not go unnoticed. It is not the same as ADD or ADHD. So I wish those who are uneducated about autism would stop adding there two cense. This is a serious epidemic that is effecting our future generations.

At what point will autism become noticed as a medical illness and be covered by insurance companies?