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SUBMITTER: Nevison C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6223814 | biostudies-other | 2018 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Journal of autism and developmental disorders 20181201 12
Time trends in U.S. autism prevalence from three ongoing datasets [Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network, and California Department of Developmental Services (CDDS)] are calculated using two different methods: (1) constant-age tracking of 8 year-olds and (2) age-resolved snapshots. The data are consistent across methods in showing a strong upward trend over time. The prevalence of autism in the CDDS dataset, the longest of the three ...[more]