Sunday, June 12, 2011

Measuring Autism Rates: Who Gets to Make the Diagnosis?

Autism - Signs, Symptoms, Treatments, Resources, Support for Autism

A new study published in the journal Pediatrics finds that - according to parental report - autism, ADHD and a number of other behavioral and developmental issues were on the rise, at least between 1997 and 2008.    Today, 15% or about 1:6 of our kids have a developmental diagnosis.  Of course, this is not big news to most readers of this blog, though it may be bigger news to the world at large.

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