Autism Rate Continues To Rise: One in 54 Children in the U.S. Has Autism
(World News USA)

RANDOLPH, Mass., April 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- As we at May Institute mark World Autism Awareness Day 2020, a new estimate released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reveals that one in 54 U.S. children now has an autism spectrum disorder (ASD); two years ago, that figure was one in 59. The updated numbers, published in the CDC`s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, are based on data collected in 2016 from health and educational records of 8-year-olds living in 11 communities across America. Boys continue to be four times more likely to be diagnosed with ASD than...