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[Zinix]

One in 68 U.S. children has an autism spectrum disorder (ASD), a 30% increase from 1 in 88 two years ago, according to a new report released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

This newest estimate is based on the CDC's evaluation of health and educational records of all 8-year-old children in 11 states: Alabama, Wisconsin, Colorado, Missouri, Georgia, Arkansas, Arizona, Maryland, North Carolina, Utah and New Jersey.

The incidence of autism ranged from a low of 1 in 175 children in Alabama to a high of 1 in 45 in New Jersey, according to the CDC.

Children with autism continue to be overwhelmingly male. According to the new report, the CDC estimates 1 in 42 boys has autism, 4.5 times as many as girls (1 in 189).

We look at all of the characteristics of autism," says Coleen Boyle, the director of the CDC's National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities.

"So we look at the age in which they're identified. We look at their earliest diagnosis. We look at co-occuring conditions that these children might have, other developmental disabilities, whether or not they have intellectual disability, so essentially their IQ."

 

 

 

 

http://www.cnn.com/2....html?hpt=hp_c2

 

 

What are they're putting in water? Something just doesn't add up. 

[Xiombarg]

It more so has to do with how autism is actually being diagnosed, as the diagnosis has changed quite a bit over time and the different levels or degrees on the spectrum.  More or less, how medical science has progressed and continues to do so.

 

In my opinion, probably some of it is also misdiagnosis or projected issues where they may not be.

[Big Boss]

Thanks Obama.

[Zinix]

Thanks Obama.

Blame Iwata and his Ear of the Luigi. 

[Kokirii]

Title says 300%, article says 30%.  Nice

Edited by kokirii, 28 March 2014 - 02:37 AM.