July 25, 2015
MALENESS IS NOT A DISEASE:
First direct evidence that autism is not rising: study (AFP, 23 July 2015)
Scientists at Penn State University analysed 11 years of special-education enrolment data on an average of 6.2 million children per year.They found "no overall increase in the number of students enrolled in special education," said the study."They also found that the increase in students diagnosed with autism was offset by a nearly equal decrease in students diagnosed with other intellectual disabilities that often co-occur with autism."Therefore, what may appear to be an epidemic of autism is more likely the result of shifting patterns of diagnosis over time.
Posted by Orrin Judd at July 25, 2015 9:33 AM
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