More U.S. children than ever now have autism, according to new data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
One in 36, or 2.8 percent, 8-year-old children have autism in 11 communities in the country, researchers said in a study published in the agency’s quasi-journal.
That’s up from one in 44 in 2018 and one in 150 in 2002.
The communities are part of the Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network, a CDC-funded program established in 2000 “to collect data to better understand the number and characteristics of children with autism spectrum disorder and other developmental disabilities living in different areas of the United States.”…