“This study is important because it shows a large part of the increase has nothing to do with the environment, but rather administrative decisions,” says study author Stefan Hansen.
The CDC estimates that one in 68 children in the United States is on the Autism Spectrum. That represents a 30% increase over 2012.
As always. more study and research is needed. The CDC announced on January 2nd that it is ovesting $20MM over the next four years to better track children with autism spectrum disorder so that the U.S. can better understand what impacts the prevalence of autism.
You can read more about this research at Time Magazine.
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