Advisory Board March 27, 2023
New CDC data found that autism spectrum disorder (ASD) diagnoses continued “a long-running trend” of rising between 2018 and 2020 — an increase many experts say “is really fueled by us doing a much better job in identifying minority children with autism.”
Study details and key findings
Since 2000, the Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network (ADDM) has documented a “long-running trend” of steady increases in autism prevalence among children, the New York Times reports.
On Thursday, CDC reported that ASD diagnoses continued to rise between 2018 and 2020. According to the study, an estimated one in 36 8-year-old children were diagnosed with ASD in 2020, up from one in 44 in 2018. Overall, around 4% of boys and 1%...
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