CDC Study Pinpoints Prevalence Of Intellectual Disability
by Michelle Diament | January 21, 2021
Researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are offering up a new estimate of the number of American children with intellectual disability.
In a study looking at 8-year-olds in several communities across the nation, CDC researchers found that 1.2% had IQ scores of 70 or below qualifying them for an intellectual disability diagnosis.
The findings published late last year in the Disability Health Journal are based on data collected through the CDC’s Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network, which regularly reviews health and educational records for 8-year-olds in selected communities. The CDC uses the same methods to determine its autism prevalence estimates, which are generally updated every two years.
Written by George Citroner on January 5, 2021 Fact checked by Jennifer Chesak
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A new study finds people with 1 of 4 genetic conditions have an increased chance of autism, but may not receive the evaluation, care, and services they need early enough in life.
According to the National Institute of Environmental Health ScienceS (NIEHS), scientists are still trying to understand why some people develop Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and others don’t.
Risk factors include parental age at time of conception and prenatal exposure to air pollution, experts say.
Over half of people born with 1 of 4 genetic conditions experience symptoms of autism, despite not qualifying for a formal diagnosis, according to new research conducted at Cardiff University in the United Kingdom.
Big Data, Big Research, Hardball University Politics, the Baptism of the Dead, and the Utah Autism Whistleblower
By Judith Pinborough-Zimmerman and Mark Blaxill
Like it or not. Legal or not. Government collects, maintains, and even shares and sells massive amounts of your personal data. This data collection starts before you are born and continues after you die. Government knows your name(s), social security number, age, birthdate, if and whom you married, and when. Were you ever divorced? Do you have children? What are your unchanging physical characteristics, like your height and eye color? Government likely has several photos at different ages, and possibly even your DNA and fingerprints. Government knows how much you weighed at birth and how much you weighed when you got your first driver’s license. They know what kind of student you were, if you received special education services, and if you attended public schools, what your grade point average was. Th