The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released today its update on autism's estimated prevalence among the nation's children.
shows that early interventions, particularly before the age of three, during a critical early neurodevelopmental period, can improve lifelong outcomes for children.
Some are also wondering if the COVID-19 pandemic potentially caused an under-reporting of autism. Autism Speaks suggests this latest research explored the long-term impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the evaluation and diagnosis of ASD in the four-year-old study.While these numbers have increased, the positive is that there has been progressing in awareness and advocacy for early identification and diagnosis among all groups.
BNH autistic children were more likely than WNH and Hispanic autistic children to have a co-occurring intellectual disability. Autistic girls were also more likely to have a co-occurring intellectual disability when compared to autistic boys. Both findings indicate an undercounting of autism among BNH and female children, highlighting the need for greater research on the age at which BNH children and girls without intellectual disabilities receive autism evaluations and diagnoses.
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