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Los Angeles Times: Discovering Autism

Friday, December 23rd, 2011

The Los Angeles Times produced a series of articles called “Discovering Autism”. The series is in four parts and represents was researched for years. The articles are: Autism boom: an epidemic of disease or of discovery? Autism rates have increased twentyfold in a generation, stirring parents’ deepest fears and prompting a search for answers. But [...]

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The Prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorders in Toddlers: A Population Study of 2-Year-Old Swedish Children.

Sunday, November 6th, 2011

A recent study, The Prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorders in Toddlers: A Population Study of 2-Year-Old Swedish Children, considers changes in prevalence in very young children and the effect of early screening: Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is more common than previously believed. ASD is increasingly diagnosed at very young ages. We report estimated ASD prevalence [...]

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Sacramento County Schools “See” The Invisible Epidemic

Monday, September 5th, 2011

At the end of this past week, California’s Sacramento Bee reports that “Autism rates quadruple in local schools over last decade“. The article, written by Phillip Reese, seems largely unremarkable. Even though headline is suggestive, there are no claims of “autism epidemic” that follow. In fact, Reese points out that: Whether autism is actually more [...]

Posted in Autism, Autism Epidemic, Autism Myths, Education, Epidemiology, IDEA, News, Science | 12 Comments »

Prevalence and Correlates of Autism in a State Psychiatric Hospital

Wednesday, August 24th, 2011

I’ve said it before: I really like David Mandell’s work. He and his team take on some very important and tough questions. I am very concerned about the lack of information on autistic adults. We don’t know an accurate prevalence. Without study ongoing into the needs of autistic adults, those of us with autistic children [...]

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