Is the increase due to higher prevalence or improved diagnoses?
According to a new study conducted by Rutgers University researchers, the number of children with autism in the New York–New Jersey region has increased by as much as 500 percent in 16 years, according to an
The study adds to a growing body of research that suggests that autism does not necessarily overlap with intellectual disability. The new analysis showed that among children without intellectual disabilities, Black children were 30 percent less likely than white children to be diagnosed with autism. However, the gap has narrowed among children with intellectual disabilities.Researchers said that some of these detections were due to better recognition of the disorder in the diagnostic process.
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