Saturday, May 8, 2010

one in 110 children in the US are on the autism spectrum




April is National Autism Awareness Month. April 2010 will be the first National Autism Awareness Month since the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revised the autism prevalence rate to one in 110 children. At no other point in recent history has the need for autism awareness been so important.

Prior to the 2009 revision, the autism prevalence rate was at one in 150 children. This represents a significant jump in autism spectrum disorder diagnoses in the four years that passed between the 2002 study results and the 2006 study results. There are many ways to promote autism awareness with the first step being an accurate look at how autism affects children in the United States.



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