Autism diagnoses in Israel jump almost fivefold since 2004
N.J. autism rate soared in 4 years
... which puts to bed the argument that the increase is due to "widening of diagnostic criteria" and better diagnosing etc. Actually this NJ prevalence study did not even include those 'quirky' kids who were diagnosed but were only mildly affected and so not requiring special educational support.
These figures also match massive increase noted in South Korea last year ...
The number of Israelis diagnosed with autism has jumped fivefold ov the last eight years, according to the Social Affairs Ministry’s 2011 survey of social services. The figures show that between 2004 and 2011, there was a sharp and continual increase in the diagnosis of autism, which shot up from 1,507 in 2004 to 7,344 in 2011. ...
N.J. autism rate soared in 4 years
... She found it remarkable that 80 to 85 percent of the children in the study had the most severe form of autism ...
... which puts to bed the argument that the increase is due to "widening of diagnostic criteria" and better diagnosing etc. Actually this NJ prevalence study did not even include those 'quirky' kids who were diagnosed but were only mildly affected and so not requiring special educational support.
These figures also match massive increase noted in South Korea last year ...