Prevalence Of Autism Summary

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“Prevalence of Autism.” Cdc.gov. Web. 08 Feb 2016. This article is research done by the government to show the prevalence of autism in the world, and other data collected during research. It displays how the rate of autism being identified has risen to one in sixty-eight children, autism is five times more common in boys than in girls, and that autism can be developed in all racial, ethnic and socioeconomic groups. The purpose of this article or research is to show fast the rate of autism is growing it seems like each year, it also exhibits that no specific race or class of people can develop autism. The intended audience of this article would be researchers of autism, and scientists relating to autism research. The pieces of information

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