In less than a year’s time, the federal government is
again revising the prevalence of autism upward, saying the developmental
disorder now affects 1 in 50 children.
The latest estimate released Wednesday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention comes from a national telephone survey of nearly 100,000 parents conducted in 2011 and 2012.
Parents were asked a number of health questions about their kids including whether they had ever been told by a doctor that their child had an autism spectrum disorder. The results suggest that autism is occurring in 2 percent of school-age children.
That’s substantially higher than prevalence numbers the CDC released just last March which put the rate of autism at 1 in 88 American children. That previous estimate relied on a study of health and education records collected on 8-year-olds. The current research included kids ages 6 to 17, but is considered by some to be less reliable since it is based on parent-reported information.
Federal officials say the increase is largely due to better diagnosis of autism spectrum disorders. The jump in prevalence was most pronounced among older kids with milder forms of the condition.
Consistent with previous findings, the survey found that boys were four times more likely than girls to have autism.The research, which was carried out among eight-year-olds in 2008, also found a dramatically increased rate of autism among black and Hispanic children, although this is thought to be largely attributable to better awareness of the disorder among families and communities. ON THIS DAY OF AUTISM AWARENESS LET US ALL GET OUR HEADS OUT OF THE SAND . AWARENESS ALONE IS NOT GOING TO STOP IT. AWARENESS ONLY MEANS YOU KNOW OR WANT TO KNOW. WELL I AM AWARE AND NOW YOUR AWARE SO WHAT THE HELL ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT IT. OR IS IT SO OUT OF CONTROL THAT WE GOING TO EXCEPT THIS LIKE IT WAS HAVING A RED HEADED BABY WHEN ALL THE REST OF OUR KIDS HAVE BLACK HAIR. IF I WAS A PARENT THESE DAYS I WOULD SERIOUSLY CONSIDER HAVING NO CHILDREN. YOU READY TO ROLE THE DICE? ARE YOU FEELING LUCKY? GOD HELP OUR CHILDREN!!! 47 MILLION WORLD WIDE AND GROWING!!!!!!!!!
The latest estimate released Wednesday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention comes from a national telephone survey of nearly 100,000 parents conducted in 2011 and 2012.
Parents were asked a number of health questions about their kids including whether they had ever been told by a doctor that their child had an autism spectrum disorder. The results suggest that autism is occurring in 2 percent of school-age children.
That’s substantially higher than prevalence numbers the CDC released just last March which put the rate of autism at 1 in 88 American children. That previous estimate relied on a study of health and education records collected on 8-year-olds. The current research included kids ages 6 to 17, but is considered by some to be less reliable since it is based on parent-reported information.
Federal officials say the increase is largely due to better diagnosis of autism spectrum disorders. The jump in prevalence was most pronounced among older kids with milder forms of the condition.
Consistent with previous findings, the survey found that boys were four times more likely than girls to have autism.The research, which was carried out among eight-year-olds in 2008, also found a dramatically increased rate of autism among black and Hispanic children, although this is thought to be largely attributable to better awareness of the disorder among families and communities. ON THIS DAY OF AUTISM AWARENESS LET US ALL GET OUR HEADS OUT OF THE SAND . AWARENESS ALONE IS NOT GOING TO STOP IT. AWARENESS ONLY MEANS YOU KNOW OR WANT TO KNOW. WELL I AM AWARE AND NOW YOUR AWARE SO WHAT THE HELL ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT IT. OR IS IT SO OUT OF CONTROL THAT WE GOING TO EXCEPT THIS LIKE IT WAS HAVING A RED HEADED BABY WHEN ALL THE REST OF OUR KIDS HAVE BLACK HAIR. IF I WAS A PARENT THESE DAYS I WOULD SERIOUSLY CONSIDER HAVING NO CHILDREN. YOU READY TO ROLE THE DICE? ARE YOU FEELING LUCKY? GOD HELP OUR CHILDREN!!! 47 MILLION WORLD WIDE AND GROWING!!!!!!!!!
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