It is official: Autism is Now 1 in 100!!!

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And the Band Plays On - Autism is Now 1 in 100

By Kent Heckenlively, Esq.

In 2007 the National Survey of Children's Health conducted a study on the rate

of autism.  The results have now been released.  Of the 80,496 children

surveyed, 921 were said by their parent to currently have autism or Asperger's

syndrome.  That makes the rate of autism in the children surveyed approximately

1%, or 1 in every 100.  The rates generated from data in 2002 and 2003 suggested

a rate of 1 in every 150.

A curious finding of the study was that 459 of the parents told the researchers

that their child was previously told their child had autism or Asperger's

Syndrome, but that they do not have it currently.  This result is in accord with

what has been reported by many parents that their children can improve,

especially through bio-medical interventions, although many also report success

through therapeutic interventions.

When you add the two numbers together, you find that of the 80,496 children

surveyed, 1380 either currently have autism or Asperger's Syndrome, or did at

some point in the past.  That works out to 1.7% or 1 in every 58 children. 

Think about that.  1 in every 58 children is now getting a diagnosis of autism

or Asperger's Syndrome in their lives.  If you have two children that means the

chance one of your children will be diagnosed with autistic spectrum disorder is

1 in 29.  If you have three children the chance is 1 in 19.  If you're Jon and

Kate plus Eight that's a little more than 1 in 7.

In commenting on this finding, Dr. Steve M. Edelson of the Autism Research

Institute noted, " What we are discovering is that those with autism oftentimes

have underlying medical disorders that impair gastro-intestinal, metabolic, and

immune systems, and that when these problems are accurately diagnosed and

treated, the symptoms of autism improve, sometimes to the point that the child

is no longer classified as autistic. "

As I was driving home today I heard a local doctor talking on the radio about

those crazy people who think vaccines are linked to autism.  The rate has gone

from 1 in 10,000 twenty-five years ago to 1 in 100 today.  Something is

happening to our children that did not happen in the past.  If not vaccines,

then please find what is causing this problem.  A generation of children and

their parents deserve an answer.

You can read the full report HERE.

Kent Heckenlively is a Contributing Editor to Age of Autism.

 

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" I know of nobody who is purely Autistic or purely neurotypical. Even God had

some Autistic moments, which is why the planets all spin. " ~ Jerry Newport  

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