Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek has created a map showing which states have the highest autism rates, after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said there is an autism "epidemic" in the U.S. Some 2.21 percent of Americans aged 18 to 84 are living with autism with rates, according to a 2020 study published in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. Massachusetts, Connecticut and Virginia have the highest estimated rates of adults living with autism,...

Autism is “running rampant” in the U.S., with an estimated one in 31 children experiencing the disorder compared to one in 36 two years earlier, the Department of Health and Human Services said Wednesday. HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. called the statistic “shocking,” and said there is an “extreme risk” for boys in particular. Mr. Kennedy pledged to get to the bottom of the increase. “President Trump has tasked me with identifying the root causes of the childhood chronic disease epidemic — including autism,” Mr. Kennedy said. “We are...

One in 31 children in the U.S. is diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder by their eighth birthday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Tuesday. The finding, based on an analysis of medical records from 2022, reflects a dramatic rise in autism over the past two decades. Previous CDC reports showed that 1 in 54 8-year-olds had been diagnosed with autism in 2016. In 2000, it was 1 in 150. “The most striking piece of this is how unbelievably common presentations of autism are,” said Zachary Warren, an author...

This is an increase from one in 36 children diagnosed in 2020. Estimated 1 in 31 children have autism as diagnosis rates increase in the US: CDC Autism diagnoses are continuing to increase in the United States, according to a new report published Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. An estimated one in 31 8-year-olds was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in 2022, according to the report. To compare, one in 36 were diagnosed with ASD in 2020, the report found. This is also a rise...