Medical Case Reports

About 1 in 68 children has been identified with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) according to estimates from CDC′s Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring (ADDM) Network. ASD is reported to occur in all racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic groups. ASD is almost 5 times more common among boys (1 in 42) than among girls (1 in 189). Studies in Asia, Europe, and North America have identified individuals with ASD with an average prevalence of about 1%. A study in South Korea reported a prevalence of 2.6%. About 1 in 6 children in the United States had a developmental disability in 2006-2008, ranging from mild disabilities such as speech and language impairments to serious developmental disabilities, such as intellectual disabilities, cerebral palsy, and autism

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Journal of Neurology and Neuroscience, Interventional Neurology, Medical case reports, Autism-Open Access, Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, Autism, Autism Research, Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilitie, Molecular Autism, Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disab ilities