Opinion: There is no epidemic of autism. It’s an epidemic of need
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MARCH 23, 2023
This is a significant increase from the 2021 estimate of 1 in 44 , which was a big jump from 1 in 110 in 2006. In a pair of new reports — one focused on 8-year-olds and one on 4-year-olds — the CDC found that 1 out of every 36 children has autism. This increase may sound scary. There is no “epidemic of autism.”
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