A new study suggests diagnoses have increased at a faster clip among younger adults over the past decade. Autism spectrum disorder spiked 175% among people in the U.S. from 2.3 per 1,000 in 2011 ...
The chairperson said they were actually looking for treatments for conditions such as cancer, which they deemed to fit the category of “seriously debilitating.” In their opinion, neurodevelopmental ...
Rates of autism diagnoses nearly tripled between 2011 and 2022 Cases rose most sharply among young adults and among females versus males Better awareness and an easing of stigma around the condition ...
While new diagnoses among male children during the study period rose by 185%, they soared by 305% among girls, the data showed. Among adults, women charted a 315% rise in autism diagnoses between ...
“Moreover, the mindreading difficulties often considered inherently linked to autism are by no means ubiquitous in autistic adults," he added in a university news release. Brewer and study co-author, ...