| CDC: One in 50 School Children has Autism Samantha Stainburn - GlobalPost | |
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Government survey of parents shows higher numbers than previous estimate. (ABCNews)
A new survey of parents conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found that 1 in 50 US schoolchildren have autism, ABC News reported.
About 1 million children – that’s two percent of US schoolchildren – have been diagnosed with some sort of autism, the researchers discovered, according to NBC News.
“Our findings suggest that the increase in prevalence may be due to increased recognition of autism spectrum disorders in recent years, especially when the symptoms were mild,” Stephen Blumberg of the National Center for Health Statistics, which published the report, told NBC News.
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