NIEHS Autism Increase Not Due to Better Diagnosis

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Autism Increase Not Due to Better Diagnosis

_http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/newsletter/2009/april/extramural-papers.cfm#Aut

ism_

(http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/newsletter/2009/april/extramural-papers.cfm#Autis\

m)

A study conducted by NIEHS-funded researchers at the University of California

found that the seven- to eight-fold increase since 1990 in the number

of children born in California and later diagnosed with autism cannot be

explained by changes in how the condition is diagnosed or counted. The

researchers also conclude that the trend is not slowing and suggest that the

research

focus should shift from genetics to the multitude of chemical and infectious

agents in the environment that could be involved in the rapid rise in the

incidence of autism.

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