'Profound Autism' Accounts for More Than 1 in 4 Cases: CDC
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recently adopted a new classification of autism and provided ...
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recently adopted a new classification of autism and provided ...
NEW YORK — As autism diagnoses become increasingly common, health officials have wondered how many U.S. kids have relatively mild symptoms and how many have more serious symptoms, such as
NEW YORK — As autism diagnoses become increasingly common, health officials have wondered how many U.S. kids have relatively mild symptoms and how many have more serious symptoms, such as very low IQ
With a new report, the CDC is tacitly embracing a recently coined autism classification and providing a first-of-its-kind breakdown on the number of kids on the severe versus milder ends of the spectrum.
About a quarter of U.S. children identified as having autism fall into the profound category.