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February 09, 2007 at 01:11 PM
About 0.7% of U.S. children may suffer from an “autism spectrum disorder.”
Researchers at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have publicized that finding in a summary of research on the disorders conducted by a team of outside researchers.
The researchers looked at 8-year-old children in 6 U.S. communities in 2000 and 14 U.S. communities in 2002.
The researchers found that 0.67% of the children studied in 2000 and 0.66% of the children studied in 2002 had autistic spectrum disorders, officials report.
