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A new CDC report shows 10% increase of autism in the last two years

aiman90
aiman90 Community member Posts: 1 Listener
edited April 2020 in Autism and neurodiversity
The report originated from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The CDC states that there's been a 10% surge in cases of autism diagnosis over the last two years. What do you think?

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https://www.mentaldaily.com/article/2020/03/prevalence-of-autism-spectrum-disorder-rose-10-percent-in-cdc-report
https://www.mentaldaily.com/article/2020/04/what-are-the-characteristics-of-a-person-with-aspergers
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  • thespiceman
    thespiceman Community member Posts: 6,388 Disability Gamechanger
    Hello @aiman90   Pleased to meet you.

    Thank you for joining and sharing.

    Thank you for the report and links.

    This is good to know more people getting identified then they can get help by coming on here and any other organisations.

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    Met many members diagnosed later with autism and other related conditions pleasure to help be advising.

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  • Rhodie72
    Rhodie72 Community member Posts: 17 Connected
    That's in the USA. In UK the increase has been due to a change in diagnosis availability for adults, the Autism Act and, recent recognition of such neurological conditions as an official differability. When people realise they have a condition they tend to find support for it (management, understanding, financial support, medical, social, etc). It isnot that theres benn an incrase in the prevalence but rather a recognition it iexists in a wider community than previously.
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  • fairybellsxo
    fairybellsxo Community member Posts: 45 Courageous
    I think that rather than their being a ' rise ' in autism, it's just there are better tools in place to recognize it within people :) so it seems it's on the ' rise ' however I believe it's just the same as it has always been, I could be wrong though :) id have to be presented with some facts.
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  • Adrian_Scope
    Adrian_Scope Posts: 10,935 Scope online community team
    I'm of the same mind @fairybellsxo. :)
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  • IrishManc
    IrishManc Community member Posts: 56 Pioneering
    I’ve (vaguely) heard about some research and studies about this issue, focused mainly on children, in both Australia and the U.K. but also with children back home in Ireland - the incidence of Autism and Aspergers appears to be slightly higher in Irish Primary schools and it appears to be causing some concern among Irish parents 
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