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106, 2014

Autism rates rise again

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[District Administration magazine]

Autism rates soared by nearly 30 percent between 2008 and 2010, according to an April study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. About one in 68 eight-year-olds was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder in 2010—a rate that has more than doubled since the year 2000, when 1 in 150 children were identified.

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1504, 2014

All Sides with Ann Fisher

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[WOSU 89.7 FM, NPR affiliate in Columbus, Ohio]

Dr. Hanna Rue, Executive Director of the National Autism Center, discusses topics including the new CDC autism rate, recent New England Journal of Medicine study about the development of autism in the womb, access to care, legislation, and insurance.

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2803, 2014

Commentary: Joint Statement from the National Autism Center and May Institute Regarding CDC’s New Rate of One in 68 Children Identified with Autism Spectrum Disorder

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Randolph, Mass. – The following joint commentary by May Institute’s President and Chief Executive Officer, and the Executive Director of the National Autism Center, was distributed on the PR Newswire on March 28, 2014:

The statistics recently released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) about the increase in the prevalence rate of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in U.S children (one in 68) are startling to some and disturbing to all of us touched by autism.
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