Nearing the Unthinkable Scenario of 1 in 2 Children With Autism in the U.S.

By Marco Cáceres

The prevalence for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) among eight-year-old children in the United States reached 1 in 36 last year. At least, that’s the rate that was confirmed by an analysis published in the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) epidemiological digest Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) on Mar. 24, 2023. That rate was based on a survey performed in 2020 as part of a surveillance program known as the Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring (ADDM) Network in 11 states (Arizona, Arkansas, California, Georgia, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, Tennessee, Utah and Wisconsin). It represented a 18.2 percent increase over the 1 in 44 rate reported by the CDC in November 2021 for the 2018 survey.^1 2 3

The 1 in 36 rate is the latest figure that has been widely reported by the media for more than a year now. But that rate is out of date by about four years. The CDC has yet to publish the results of its 2022 ADDM Network survey, and when it does—probably later this year or early next, the rate will still be at least two years out of date. That’s just the way the process works.

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