News — April is autism awareness month and just this week, the CDC issued a new showing an increase in autism among school-aged children.
The report shows a rise in autism over the past two decades according to medical records from 2022 for children ages 4 to 8 across 14 states.
Among 8-year-old’s, the CDC found that one in 31 children were diagnosed with autism.
, professor of anthropology, international affairs and human sciences, is an expert on autism, mental illness and psychological anthropology in children. He completed the first-ever epidemiological study of autism spectrum disorder in South Korea and is the author of many publications, including “Unstrange Minds: Remapping the World of Autism.”
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