CDC Finds More Preschoolers Have Autism

16th April, 2019

19 April 2019, Autism, Newsletter

[Source: Disability Scoop]

New federal figures indicate that autism prevalence among young children is on the rise.

The number of 4-year-olds with the developmental disorder increased from 1 in 75 children in 2010 to 1 in 59 kids in 2014, according to data published late last week in the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

The findings are the latest to emerge from the CDC’s Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network. Traditionally, the network tracks prevalence among 8-year-olds using a review of health and educational records in certain geographic areas

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