CDC Reports 1 In 88 Children Now Affected With Autism In the US 398
An anonymous reader writes "A new government health report indicated that about one in 88 children in the United State has autism or a related disorder, the highest estimate to date, which represented an overall increase of 25 percent since the last analysis in 2006. The Centers for Disease Control reported on Thursday that the rate increased by 78 percent compared to the reported rate in 2002. From the article: '"The CDC’s new estimate of autism prevalence demands that we recognize autism as a public health emergency warranting immediate attention," Autism Speaks Chief Science Officer Geri Dawson said in a new release.
"More than ever, these numbers compel us to redouble our investment in the research that can reveal causes, validate effective treatments and guide the effective delivery of services to all our communities," she added.'"
True... (Score:5, Funny)
And all of them are lurking on 4chan.
Re:Slashdot 1 in 2 (Score:5, Funny)
Whereas on slashdot the ratio is the prevelance is the far more alarming 1 in 2.
No, it's 1.000073629 in 2.
I do not have autism... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Autism is bullshit (Score:4, Funny)
'Cause outside US, not too many seems to care much about patents if they can go ahead with cheaper but equally effective generics.
Re:Is this actually due to more indecents of autis (Score:5, Funny)
Was over at a friends house recently. He had on some kind of Mickey mouse adventure DVD for the baby. It was essentially demented. Mickey mouse traping around on an undefined saccharine adventure with shapeshifting companions, reaching into a sack of some kind to use tools on CG doors that lead to the next microplot with no connection to what came before or after.
It was the closest I have ever seen film come to capturing the hazy stream of consciousness of a dream. I think it was over an hour long.
If Disney and others have been mass producing DVDs like that for children for the last 15 years, I'd fully expect incidences of all kinds of mental pathology to be skyrocketing right about now.
Re:Slashdot 1 in 2 (Score:5, Funny)