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<blockquote data-quote="Nancy" data-source="post: 492862" data-attributes="member: 59"><p><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/28/autism-a-year-in-review_n_1171943.html" target="_blank">Autism: A Year In Review</a></p><p></p><p>In the United States, we've seen a fifteen-fold increase in autism diagnoses over the past two decades. In fact, it's currently estimated that almost 1% of US children have an autism-spectrum disorder (Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)), while the rates in US adults are largely unknown. Autism is described in the DSM-IV, listed as a disorder usually first diagnosed in infancy, childhood, or adolescence. Autism is further categorized as a pervasive developmental disorder, falling within the autistism spectrum, along with Asperger's and Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)-not otherwise specified.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nancy, post: 492862, member: 59"] [URL='http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/28/autism-a-year-in-review_n_1171943.html']Autism: A Year In Review[/URL] In the United States, we've seen a fifteen-fold increase in autism diagnoses over the past two decades. In fact, it's currently estimated that almost 1% of US children have an autism-spectrum disorder (Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)), while the rates in US adults are largely unknown. Autism is described in the DSM-IV, listed as a disorder usually first diagnosed in infancy, childhood, or adolescence. Autism is further categorized as a pervasive developmental disorder, falling within the autistism spectrum, along with Asperger's and Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)-not otherwise specified. [/QUOTE]
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