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BREAKING NEWS: Autism now 1 in 88 - CDC Releases New Statistics...

CSAAC Foundation E-News

March 29, 2011

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BREAKING NEWS-

CDC Releases New Autism Prevalence Data

Autism is now estimated to occur in 1 out of 88 children

Click the image to read the article and watch the video on CNN.com

MONTGOMERY VILLAGE, MD (March 29, 2012): CNN.com reports that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released a new study from data taken in 2008 showing that autism now occurs in 1 out of every 88 children in the United States.

CSAAC's Executive Director, Ian Paregol, comments on the news. "At CSAAC, we have suspected these numbers would be going higher and now we know for sure. The question now is: what can we do? The answer, in part, is that early intervention therapies - getting to children by the age of 2 or 3 as soon as they exhibit signs of autism - is what will help these kids have better outcomes later in life. That helps the children directly and it reduces our health care costs. Unfortunately, many US states - including land - have not passed legislation obligating insurance companies to pay for this needed therapy. Insurance carriers may be saving money in the short term, but are dramatically increasing costs later on in that individuals life and therefore driving their own long term exposure higher. It's unbelievably short-sighted."

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