One in 36 (2.8 percent) 8-year-old children—4 percent of boys and 1 percent of girls—have an autism spectrum disorder (ASD), based on an analysis of data from 2020, published today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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One in 36 (2.8 percent) 8-year-old children—4 percent of boys and 1 percent of girls—have an autism spectrum disorder (ASD), based on an analysis of data from 2020, published today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The latest findings, reported in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, show an increase from the last report, which found 1 in 44 8-year-olds (2.3 percent) had autism in 2018….