prevalence – ASF Weekly Science Podcasts
By Autism Science Foundation
Categories: Health & Fitness, Medicine, Science, Social Sciences
The latest autism research news stories with ASF Chief Science Officer Alycia Halladay
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Recent episodes
- What does an expert say about the risk of autism after infections?
This week we talk to Dr. Renee Gardner from the Karolinska Institute who utilizes large datasets to understand the link between pregnancy exposures and later diagnoses in children – including the diagnosis of autism. She has identified several rare infections during pregnancy that have a strong…
- An update on why there are fewer autistic females compared to males
This week, special podcast correspondent #MiaKotikovski summarizes new research on the increasing prevalence of autism, with a focus on females. While the number of diagnosed females is increasing faster than the number for males, females assigned at birth still are less likely to receive a…
- How many people can be described as having “profound autism”?
Quick answer: 26.7%. But what is “profound autism” and why is this label necessary? Have the rates of profound autism changed over time? How many do not have profound autism and are their needs different and how? Listen to this week’s ASF podcast and read the paper here…
- The CDC speaks on prevalence, and we listen.
This week we conduct an interview with Michelle Hughes, PhD, epidemiologist with the CDC, who answers all of our questions about how many people have autism, how they are counted, what has changed since the last count and why the CDC are counting more kids than they were 10 years ago. You can read…
- One in 36 and what it predicts
The CDC released data from the Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network (ADDM) on Thursday. In the past 2 years, the prevalence of autism has increased about 20%. Why? Are there more new cases or is diagnostic practices improving? For 20 years there has been fewer Black and…
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