(credits: Dr John Campbell) Autism Spectrum Disorder

https://www.cdc.gov/autism/dat....a-research/index.htm

Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring (ADDM) Network

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volum....es/72/ss/ss7202a1.ht

ADDM Network, 2000-2020: Combining data from all sites, (8 year olds)

2000 1 in 150

2002 1 in 150

2004 1 in 125

2006 1 in 110

2008 1 in 88

2010 1 in 68

2012 1 in 69

2014 1 in 59

2016 1 in 54

2018 1 in 44

2020 1 in 36
2020 data, 11 sites

(Arizona, Arkansas, California, Georgia, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, Tennessee, Utah, and Wisconsin)

ASD in 8-year-olds

Prevalence per 1,000 was 27.6 (one in 36)

23.1 in Maryland

44.9 in California

Male-to-female prevalence ratio, 3.8

(43.0 among boys and 11.4 among girls).

For the first time, overall ASD prevalence for girls more than 1%

ASD is reported to occur in all racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic groups.

Autistic people may:

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/....autism/what-is-autis

find it hard to communicate and interact with other people

find it hard to understand how other people think or feel

find things like bright lights or loud noises overwhelming, stressful or uncomfortable

get anxious or upset about unfamiliar situations and social events

take longer to understand information

do or think the same things over and over