{"id":2406,"date":"2023-04-03T22:49:44","date_gmt":"2023-04-03T22:49:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/?p=2406"},"modified":"2023-04-03T22:49:45","modified_gmt":"2023-04-03T22:49:45","slug":"rates-of-autism-diagnosis-in-children-are-at-an-all-time-high-cdc-report-suggests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/?p=2406","title":{"rendered":"Rates of autism diagnosis in children are at an all time high, CDC report suggests"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A 2020 report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found that the prevalence of autism spectrum disorder among 8-year-old children is the highest it&#8217;s ever been<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20370%20247'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load wp-image-2407\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-770x433.png 770w, https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-293x165.png 293w, https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-390x219.png 390w, https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The prevalence of ASD is higher among Asian, Black and Hispanic children than among white children, who have historically had better access to diagnostic services.\u00a0\u00a0(Image credit: Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The rate of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in the United States has reached an all time high, a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has revealed. However, the sky-high rate is likely due to improved screening and diagnosis, not an epidemic of new cases, the study suggests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read more here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/rates-of-autism-diagnosis-in-children-are-at-an-all-time-high-cdc-report-suggests\">https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/rates-of-autism-diagnosis-in-children-are-at-an-all-time-high-cdc-report-suggests<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 2020 report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found that the prevalence of autism spectrum disorder among 8-year-old children is the highest it&#8217;s ever been The rate of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in the United States has reached an all time high, a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has revealed. However, the sky-high rate is likely due to improved screening and diagnosis, not an epidemic of new cases, the study [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-conditions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2406"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2406\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2408,"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2406\/revisions\/2408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}