Whats the Numbers in Autism Mean

Whats the Numbers in Autism Mean

 Their has been a lot of post about Autism with varying numbers so our Board president wanted to look at the facts and share the numbers. 

First lets look at the 1.  

That is a someones son or daughter. 

A grandchild 

A niece or nephew. 

A member of our community.

A student in our schools.

That 1 means the world to their family and close friends. 

Please understand that when it says 2018 its 1 in 44 they are looking at a only children born in the year 2010.  This is how the numbers shown have been done by the CDC since the start.  Its also important to understand this is based from the Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring sites.  The last report in 2018 was based off 11 reporting sites. the 1 in 44 is an average with the sites. meaning some areas have higher rates and some will be lower. (  1 in 60 children in Missouri to 3.9%  or 1 in 26 children in California.)

Sources: 

 CDC: https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/autism/data.html

Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring (ADDM) Network: https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/autism/addm.html

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