Autism Rates on the Rise: New CDC Data

Autism Rates on the Rise: New CDC Data
A boy in New Jersey in a file photograph. Jake May/The Flint Journal via AP
Zachary Stieber
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More U.S. children than ever now have autism, new data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggest.

One in 36, or 2.8 percent of, 8-year-old children have autism, researchers said in a study of 11 communities in the country that was published in the agency’s quasi-journal.
Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
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Zachary Stieber is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times based in Maryland. He covers U.S. and world news. Contact Zachary at [email protected]
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