Accounting for autism’s prevalence
Read recent Spectrum coverage about autism’s apparent rise in prevalence — and some of the potential explanations for it.
Read recent Spectrum coverage about autism’s apparent rise in prevalence — and some of the potential explanations for it.
The nation needs to build capacity to support the roughly 20 percent of children in Australia who have developmental delay.
The journal’s decision comes two years after Spectrum covered backlash from researchers over the study.
Profound autism prevalence rose from 2002 to 2016, though not nearly as much as non-profound autism did.
About 1 in 36 children in the United States has autism, up almost 20 percent from the previous estimate, reflecting improved identification, particularly among girls and Black, Hispanic and Asian or Pacific Islander children.
Most people with the X-linked syndrome have autism traits, and about one-quarter meet diagnostic criteria for the condition.
High rates of autism are linked to lower socioeconomic status and minority ethnic groups, according to the largest-ever autism incidence study.
Some copy number variants may boost a person’s chances of having autism, but to a lesser extent than previously thought.
Is autism really more common among children today than in generations past? This new downloadable book offers an in-depth guide to the various factors that have helped to drive autism prevalence numbers up.
Autism prevalence in the United States rose to 1 in 44 children in 2018, up from 1 in 54 in 2016.