Guest guest Posted May 4, 2006 Report Share Posted May 4, 2006 Hispanics less likely to have autism > > Report on national parents autism survey done 2003-2004 > > 17% of school age children have a developmental disability > > AUTISM RATE: 1 in 175 to 181 > > Higher prevalence in 6-11 year old group > Lower prevalence in 4-5 year old group > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 4, 2006 Report Share Posted May 4, 2006 IMO, nothing too newsworthy. They stressed this data was from two surveys of parents, has flaws. They said the 1 in 175/181 is in the range of 1 in 166. One thing that caught my ear was a study brought up while CDC was stressing the importance of early warning signs. He said there is a video study of kids who were later diagnosed with autism, which showed the kids had early signs of autism at 6 months old. Anyone know this study? CDC lurkers, - send a link? Thanks. > > Report on national parents autism survey done 2003-2004 > > 17% of school age children have a developmental disability > > AUTISM RATE: 1 in 175 to 181 > > Higher prevalence in 6-11 year old group > Lower prevalence in 4-5 year old group > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 4, 2006 Report Share Posted May 4, 2006 Also the difference between this prevalence study and others is that this study specifically asked PARENTS if their child had received a diagnosis of AUTISM. Previous studies have looked at school records for cases of autism and health records. This the 1st time CDC looked at parental acknowledgement that autism is diagnosed. The questioning from reporters was surprisingly good - I was impressed. They wanted to know if the numbers could be used to draw conclusions about the timing of the removal of thimerosal in vaccines and what appears to be a lower incidence rate in younger children. The presenters continued to say that this study did not attempt to look at autism's causes; that they were looking to validate the rates of autism. One reporter asked if the study could have produced a rate of autism that was higher than actuality. The response was that was very unlikely because the questions to parents included topics that would support the " autism " diagnosis such as social difficulties, language issues, etc. The presenters went on to say that the greater concern was under reporting of cases of autism. They seemed to genuinely have concern regarding early recognition and early intervention. They said most cases are diagnosed at school age or around 5, and because there is evidence of autistic traits as early as 6 months, pediatricians and parents can be doing more to recognize problems earlier and get interventions earlier. Whether autism is present at birth, soon after birth or a regression occurs in the 2nd year of life, I think everyone can agree that early intervention is a common and worthy goal. It will be interesting to see what's in the papers tomorrow. LA Times, USA Today, TV network news, Wall Street Journal all were on the call and served up questions. Thanks to the person who posted the link to the webcast - I would never have known about this if that message was not there. Glad to have listened in. > > Report on national parents autism survey done 2003-2004 > > 17% of school age children have a developmental disability > > AUTISM RATE: 1 in 175 to 181 > > Higher prevalence in 6-11 year old group > Lower prevalence in 4-5 year old group > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 4, 2006 Report Share Posted May 4, 2006 Lower vaccination rate? Lower frequency of diagnosis because of demographics/language? Diet? Re: CDC Webcast Notes Hispanics less likely to have autism>> Report on national parents autism survey done 2003-2004> > 17% of school age children have a developmental disability> > AUTISM RATE: 1 in 175 to 181> > Higher prevalence in 6-11 year old group> Lower prevalence in 4-5 year old group> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 4, 2006 Report Share Posted May 4, 2006 Any mention of the dramatic decrease in 4-5 year olds (1 in 227 kids)? > > > > Report on national parents autism survey done 2003-2004 > > > > 17% of school age children have a developmental disability > > > > AUTISM RATE: 1 in 175 to 181 > > > > Higher prevalence in 6-11 year old group > > Lower prevalence in 4-5 year old group > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 4, 2006 Report Share Posted May 4, 2006 Any mention of the dramatic decrease in 4-5 year olds (1 in 227 kids)? > > > > Report on national parents autism survey done 2003-2004 > > > > 17% of school age children have a developmental disability > > > > AUTISM RATE: 1 in 175 to 181 > > > > Higher prevalence in 6-11 year old group > > Lower prevalence in 4-5 year old group > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 4, 2006 Report Share Posted May 4, 2006 IMO, You're a smart ass! ;-)!!!!<wink & grin> He said there is a > video study of kids who were later diagnosed with autism, which showed > the kids had early signs of autism at 6 months old. Anyone know this > study? CDC lurkers, - send a link? Thanks. > > > > Report on national parents autism survey done 2003-2004 > > > > 17% of school age children have a developmental disability > > > > AUTISM RATE: 1 in 175 to 181 > > > > Higher prevalence in 6-11 year old group > > Lower prevalence in 4-5 year old group > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 4, 2006 Report Share Posted May 4, 2006 CDC speculated demographics/language, access to services. > > > > Report on national parents autism survey done 2003-2004 > > > > 17% of school age children have a developmental disability > > > > AUTISM RATE: 1 in 175 to 181 > > > > Higher prevalence in 6-11 year old group > > Lower prevalence in 4-5 year old group > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 4, 2006 Report Share Posted May 4, 2006 The studies that have been done that utilize videotape to determine if children exhibit " autistic " behaviors in early childhood vary widely. Here are a few of the relevant studies: Course of autism signs in the first year of life. Maestro S, Muratori F, Cesari A, Cavallaro MC, Paziente A, Pecini C, Grassi C, Manfredi A, Sommario C. Division of Child Neuropsychiatry, Scientific Institute Stella Maris, Pisa University, Pisa, Italy. Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are thought to be present right from birth, even if a minority of children displays a normal course during infancy followed by a regression during the second year of life. However, established criteria are not yet available to differentiate these different courses of ASD, and data coming from different sources have not yet been organized into a clear definition. The aim of this study was to elucidate the time of onset, as well as type, frequency and stability of symptoms during the first year of life in ASD. The behavioral summarized evaluation scale, applied to 40 home movies of children later diagnosed as having ASD, showed that most of the subjects (87.5%) display symptoms within the first year of life, when only a small group (12.5%) is completely symptom free. A group of more rated symptoms was found, constituting a typical pattern characterized by being withdrawn, and displaying poor social initiative, hypoactivity, and lack of emotional modulation. The importance of these findings is discussed in relation to early diagnosis and treatment. Object play in infants with autism: methodological issues in retrospective video analysis. Baranek GT, Barnett CR, EM, Wolcott NA, LR, Crais ER. Division of Occupational Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-7120, USA. gbaranek@... OBJECTIVES: Using a taxonomy of object play, this study describes methodological issues in using retrospective video analysis and computer-based coding as a research tool for early identification of autism. METHOD: Home videos of 32 infants with autism (n= 11), developmental delay (n= 10), and typical development (n= 11) were edited and analyzed for duration and highest level of object play in four hierarchical categories (exploratory, relational, functional, symbolic) using The Observer 3.0. RESULTS: The three groups had similar levels of engagement with objects, and no statistically significant differences in duration of exploratory play. Higher levels of play were rarely evident at 9-12 months, however, the highest level achieved (functional play) was apparent only in the typical group. CONCLUSION: This study provides the first naturalistic investigation of object play skills in infants with autism ages 9-12 months. It also demonstrates feasibility for using computer-based coding technology within the context of retrospective video analysis methods. Duration of exploratory play was not a discriminating feature of autism at this early age. Validation of the phenomenon of autistic regression using home videotapes. Werner E, Dawson G. UW Autism Center and Department of Psychology and Psychiatry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA. dawson@... CONTEXT: To date, there has been no objective validation of the phenomenon of autistic regression early in life. OBJECTIVE: To validate parental report of autistic regression using behavioral data coded from home videotapes of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) vs typical development taken at 12 and 24 months of age. DESIGN: Home videotapes of 56 children's first and second birthday parties were collected from parents of young children with ASD with and without a reported history of regression and typically developing children. Child behaviors were coded by raters blind to child diagnosis and regression history. A parent interview that elicited information about parents' recall of early symptoms from birth was also administered. SETTING: Participants were recruited from a multidisciplinary study of autism conducted at a major university. PARTICIPANTS: Fifteen children with ASD with a history of regression, 21 children with ASD with early-onset autism, and 20 typically developing children and their parents participated. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Observations of children's communicative, social, affective, repetitive behaviors, and toy play coded from videotapes of the toddlers' first and second birthday parties. RESULTS: Analyses revealed that infants with ASD with regression show similar use of joint attention and more frequent use of words and babble compared with typical infants at 12 months of age. In contrast, infants with ASD with early onset of symptoms and no regression displayed fewer joint attention and communicative behaviors at 12 months of age. By 24 months of age, both groups of toddlers with ASD displayed fewer instances of word use, vocalizations, declarative pointing, social gaze, and orienting to name as compared with typically developing 24-month-olds. Parent interview data suggested that some children with regression displayed difficulties in regulatory behavior before the regression occurred. CONCLUSION: This study validates the existence of early autistic regression. > > > > Report on national parents autism survey done 2003-2004 > > > > 17% of school age children have a developmental disability > > > > AUTISM RATE: 1 in 175 to 181 > > > > Higher prevalence in 6-11 year old group > > Lower prevalence in 4-5 year old group > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 4, 2006 Report Share Posted May 4, 2006 But not, of course, vaccination compliance which would tell a great deal- if you're looking for it. Re: CDC Webcast Notes CDC speculated demographics/language, access to services.> >> > Report on national parents autism survey done 2003-2004> > > > 17% of school age children have a developmental disability> > > > AUTISM RATE: 1 in 175 to 181> > > > Higher prevalence in 6-11 year old group> > Lower prevalence in 4-5 year old group> >> > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 4, 2006 Report Share Posted May 4, 2006 Could this be the study they were referring to? Aasa ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Course of Autism Signs in the First Year of Life http://content.karger.com/ProdukteDB/produkte.asp?Aktion=ShowFulltext & ProduktNr=224276 & Ausgabe=230765 & ArtikelNr=83967 Barry <kevanne88@...> wrote: IMO, nothing too newsworthy. They stressed this data was from twosurveys of parents, has flaws. They said the 1 in 175/181 is in therange of 1 in 166.One thing that caught my ear was a study brought up while CDC wasstressing the importance of early warning signs. He said there is avideo study of kids who were later diagnosed with autism, which showedthe kids had early signs of autism at 6 months old. Anyone know thisstudy? CDC lurkers, - send a link? Thanks. >> Report on national parents autism survey done 2003-2004> > 17% of school age children have a developmental disability> > AUTISM RATE: 1 in 175 to 181> > Higher prevalence in 6-11 year old group> Lower prevalence in 4-5 year old group> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 5, 2006 Report Share Posted May 5, 2006 >>It will be interesting to see what's in the papers tomorrow. LA >>Times, USA Today, TV network news, Wall Street Journal all were on >>the call and served up questions. I'll have a go of it. MOCK STORY Experts: Parent survey strongly suggests Autism Rates Remain Unchanged By: Madge Waterbarer FaxoLeutersunKind Atlanta - CDC officials continuing to tie up damage control loose ends have once again created a seemingly significant study using very stale, two year old parental survey data in hopes that someone will read this and think that current Autism rates are not going down. Rather than conduct a national head count of school-aged autistic children or at the very least use real-time data collected from the elementary schools autistic children attend, CDC slipped a single question into a pair of parent survey asking if a doctor or healthcare worker had ever told the parent their child had Autism. At press time there was no specific details of whether or not this was a targeted survey similar to direct mail tactics. "It's very simple to target surveys to reach a specific goal", no one was willing to say. "You just draw up enough personal data on the computer and shoot the surveys out. In the computer age, almost all surveys depend upon exactingly detailed demographics. Surveys are never scientific, so the data from them can be completely misleading". In the brief teleconference when blind-sided by a reporter clearly after a number she could print to further her pro-mercury agenda both official responded in a certain way. Still not happy with the officials for failing to scratch her itching ears, the reporter followed up hoping to coach the CDC officials through the difficult part of being manipulated by a reporter with prior agenda briefing. "It's amazing that with billions of dollars of taxpayer money at our disposal the best we could do is slip in a single question on a parent surveys", said Zed Significante. "My favorite color is blue, by the way," he added, just before he was jettisoned into the Gorge of Eternal Peril. Re: CDC Webcast Notes Also the difference between this prevalence study and others is that this study specifically asked PARENTS if their child had received a diagnosis of AUTISM.Previous studies have looked at school records for cases of autism and health records. This the 1st time CDC looked at parental acknowledgement that autism is diagnosed. The questioning from reporters was surprisingly good - I was impressed. They wanted to know if the numbers could be used to draw conclusions about the timing of the removal of thimerosal in vaccines and what appears to be a lower incidence rate in younger children. The presenters continued to say that this study did not attempt to look at autism's causes; that they were looking to validate the rates of autism.One reporter asked if the study could have produced a rate of autism that was higher than actuality. The response was that was very unlikely because the questions to parents included topics that would support the "autism" diagnosis such as social difficulties, language issues, etc. The presenters went on to say that the greater concern was under reporting of cases of autism. They seemed to genuinely have concern regarding early recognition and early intervention. They said most cases are diagnosed at school age or around 5, and because there is evidence of autistic traits as early as 6 months, pediatricians and parents can be doing more to recognize problems earlier and get interventions earlier.Whether autism is present at birth, soon after birth or a regression occurs in the 2nd year of life, I think everyone can agree that early intervention is a common and worthy goal.It will be interesting to see what's in the papers tomorrow. LA Times, USA Today, TV network news, Wall Street Journal all were on the call and served up questions.Thanks to the person who posted the link to the webcast - I would never have known about this if that message was not there. Glad to have listened in.>> Report on national parents autism survey done 2003-2004> > 17% of school age children have a developmental disability> > AUTISM RATE: 1 in 175 to 181> > Higher prevalence in 6-11 year old group> Lower prevalence in 4-5 year old group> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 5, 2006 Report Share Posted May 5, 2006 And then with " early onset " , you have to take into account that the hep B was given to many at birth that coudn't handle it. My youngest son was 4 weeks premature with jaundice and they gave it to him before I even woke up from surgery. > > > > > > Report on national parents autism survey done 2003-2004 > > > > > > 17% of school age children have a developmental disability > > > > > > AUTISM RATE: 1 in 175 to 181 > > > > > > Higher prevalence in 6-11 year old group > > > Lower prevalence in 4-5 year old group > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 5, 2006 Report Share Posted May 5, 2006 A case of knowing the adverse outcomes of a particular vaccine and moving it as close to birth as possible to mask those particularly unsavory outcomes? We can't see the data, nor can we work the data. Just trust the Wizard of Oz. He'll tell us everything we need to know. He will promise that we can see the same data he sees, but he won't let us see ALL the data he sees. WMD. CDC. I can't tell a difference. Re: CDC Webcast Notes And then with "early onset", you have to take into account that the hep B was given to many at birth that coudn't handle it. My youngest son was 4 weeks premature with jaundice and they gave it to him before I even woke up from surgery. > > >> > > Report on national parents autism survey done 2003-2004> > > > > > 17% of school age children have a developmental disability> > > > > > AUTISM RATE: 1 in 175 to 181> > > > > > Higher prevalence in 6-11 year old group> > > Lower prevalence in 4-5 year old group> > >> >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 5, 2006 Report Share Posted May 5, 2006 yes. only 65 percent of latino children were up to date w/their vaccinations at 24 months.H <stratpat@...> wrote: Lower vaccination rate? Re: CDC Webcast Notes Hispanics less likely to have autism>> Report on national parents autism survey done 2003-2004> > 17% of school age children have a developmental disability> > AUTISM RATE: 1 in 175 to 181> > Higher prevalence in 6-11 year old group> Lower prevalence in 4-5 year old group> Blab-away for as little as 1¢/min. Make PC-to-Phone Calls using Messenger with Voice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 5, 2006 Report Share Posted May 5, 2006 That is just criminal! King <medfordkings1@...> wrote:My youngest son was 4 weeks premature with jaundice and they gave it to him before I even woke up from surgery. > > > > > > Report on national parents autism survey done 2003-2004 > > > > > > 17% of school age children have a developmental disability > > > > > > AUTISM RATE: 1 in 175 to 181 > > > > > > Higher prevalence in 6-11 year old group > > > Lower prevalence in 4-5 year old group > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 5, 2006 Report Share Posted May 5, 2006 That's the most hilarious thing I have heard (read) all week! Thanks. > > > > Report on national parents autism survey done 2003-2004 > > > > 17% of school age children have a developmental disability > > > > AUTISM RATE: 1 in 175 to 181 > > > > Higher prevalence in 6-11 year old group > > Lower prevalence in 4-5 year old group > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 5, 2006 Report Share Posted May 5, 2006 Wow. Henry. Interesting poin tin light of today's CDC remark about The Latina Population. Interesting. Anyone for wine? > > > > Report on national parents autism survey done 2003-2004 > > > > 17% of school age children have a developmental disability > > > > AUTISM RATE: 1 in 175 to 181 > > > > Higher prevalence in 6-11 year old group > > Lower prevalence in 4-5 year old group > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 5, 2006 Report Share Posted May 5, 2006 These people are barbarians. Re: CDC Webcast Notes And then with "early onset", you have to take into account that the hep B was given to many at birth that coudn't handle it. My youngest son was 4 weeks premature with jaundice and they gave it to him before I even woke up from surgery. > > >> > > Report on national parents autism survey done 2003-2004> > > > > > 17% of school age children have a developmental disability> > > > > > AUTISM RATE: 1 in 175 to 181> > > > > > Higher prevalence in 6-11 year old group> > > Lower prevalence in 4-5 year old group> > >> >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 5, 2006 Report Share Posted May 5, 2006 King wrote: <And then with "early onset", you have to take into account that the hep B was given to many at birth that coudn't handle it. My youngest son was 4 weeks premature with jaundice and they gave it to him before I even woke up from surgery.> My little sister is 10 weeks pregnant with her first child. I told her yesterday to watch out for these vaccines. I told her that they will problably suggest the flu vaccine in the fall and that she should definatly not take it. She will be on Medicaid which means that she will get the full dose of mercury. I also told her that my husband had the flu when I was pregnant with my son and was in the same bed with me and I never got it. I actually never got sick when I was pregnant except one round of strep throat with both of my kids. I think my immune system got boosted when I was pregnant. Anyway, Does anyone know if they still give the Hep B at birth? I know that they give that vitamin shot but I don't remember if they still give the Hep B. My youngest is 3. I do know that she got more then one shot in the delievery room because my sister never stopped taping from the moment she was born. I told her to ask her doctor because if she does give them at birth then my sister needs to tell them before hand that she doesn't want them and let someone that is going to be in the delivery room know where she stands on this in case of her not being "with it" after the child is born. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 5, 2006 Report Share Posted May 5, 2006 Hi, Where did you find these prevalence rates? thanks, ~Dawn CDC Webcast Notes Report on national parents autism survey done 2003-200417% of school age children have a developmental disabilityAUTISM RATE: 1 in 175 to 181Higher prevalence in 6-11 year old groupLower prevalence in 4-5 year old group Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 6, 2006 Report Share Posted May 6, 2006 Here's the link to the full report with tables - vicky http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5517a3.htm > > > > Hi, > > > > Where did you find these prevalence rates? > > thanks, > > > > ~Dawn > > > > > > > > CDC Webcast Notes > > > > > > Report on national parents autism survey done 2003-2004 > > > > 17% of school age children have a developmental disability > > > > AUTISM RATE: 1 in 175 to 181 > > > > Higher prevalence in 6-11 year old group > > Lower prevalence in 4-5 year old group > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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