autism
When Ellison Chang, 7, recently recorded a public service message asking New York City subway riders not to hold open train doors, he added his own personal greeting at the beginning. “What’s up, chicken wing!” The reason for the poultry-themed salutation? “That past week, we may or may not have had chicken wings,” he explained […]
Though autism has been diagnosed for at least 80 years, the new study is the first to put a number on the share of U.S. children who have the most severe version of it. Getty images As autism diagnoses become increasingly common, health officials have wondered how many U.S. kids have relatively mild symptoms and […]
NEW YORK — For the first time, autism is being diagnosed more frequently in Black and Hispanic children than in white kids in the U.S., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday. Among all U.S. 8-year-olds, 1 in 36 had autism in 2020, the CDC estimated. That’s up from 1 in 44 two […]
For the first time, autism is being diagnosed more frequently in Black and Hispanic children than in white kids in the U.S., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday. Among all U.S. 8-year-olds, 1 in 36 had autism in 2020, the CDC estimated. That’s up from 1 in 44 two years earlier. But […]
Deleah Payne, 12, center, spends time with her mother Delisa, right, and 6-year-old sister Delynn, left, as they watch movie clips on their living room television in Evansville, Indiana, in 2019. Deleah and Delynn were both diagnosed with autism. Associated Press File Photo Source link
Photo: Ground Picture (Shutterstock) According to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hispanic and Black children are being diagnosed with autism more than white . . .
Kelly A. Shaw, PhD1; Deborah A. Bilder, MD2; Dedria McArthur, MPH1; Ashley Robinson Williams, MPH1,3; Esther Amoakohene, MPH1; Amanda V. Bakian, PhD2; Maureen S. Durkin, DrPH, PhD4; Robert T. Fitzgerald, PhD5; Sarah M. Furnier, MS4; Michelle M. Hughes, PhD1; Elise T. Pas, PhD6; Angelica Salinas, MS4; Zachary Warren, PhD7; Susan Williams1; Amy Esler, PhD8; Andrea […]
For the first time, autism is being diagnosed more frequently in Black and Hispanic children than in white kids in the U.S., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday. Among all U.S. 8-year-olds, 1 in 36 had autism in 2020, the CDC estimated. That’s up from 1 in 44 two years earlier. But […]
Kelly A. Shaw, PhD1; Deborah A. Bilder, MD2; Dedria McArthur, MPH1; Ashley Robinson Williams, MPH1,3; Esther Amoakohene, MPH1; Amanda V. Bakian, PhD2; Maureen S. Durkin, DrPH, PhD4; Robert T. Fitzgerald, PhD5; Sarah M. Furnier, MS4; Michelle M. Hughes, PhD1; Elise T. Pas, PhD6; Angelica Salinas, MS4; Zachary Warren, PhD7; Susan Williams1; Amy Esler, PhD8; Andrea […]