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In the News: Autism Increase
In California,
the increase in the numbers of autism cases was up 273% from
1987 to 1998. Researchers at the MIND
Institute at the University of California, Davis set out
to find out how to explain this alarming increase. Until recently,
it was believed that the appearance of an increase in the number
of autism cases was the result of artificial factors and did
not mean that the number of children with autism was really on
the rise.
This study
at the MIND Institute confirms an increase in the real number
of cases of autism in California. The study found that the increase
in numbers of autism diagnoses could not be explained by factors
like loosening diagnostic criteria or migration into the state.
We suspect
that this increase in California is indicative of a nation-wide
trend.
Reviewed by faculty and staff at the University of Michigan
Updated June 2007
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