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One in a hundred American children has an autism spectrum disorder (ASD). That stunning new statistic was released on Monday by the Federal Government, officially revising the 2007 federal estimate of 1 in 150 children. The new number puts U.S. prevalence on par with reported rates in England, Japan, Sweden...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Studies See a Higher Rate of Autism: Is the Jump Real? | 10/5/2009 | See Source »

The flurry of federal attention was occasioned by the publication of the HRSA survey in the journal Pediatrics. The survey - part of the 2007 National Survey of Children's Health - contained a number of intriguing data points. Most notable was the surprisingly high prevalence rate: one in 91 children ages...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Studies See a Higher Rate of Autism: Is the Jump Real? | 10/5/2009 | See Source »

Autism advocacy groups responded to the new federal numbers by pressing for a greater federal commitment to autism research - particularly on possible environmental causes - and to treatment. "It is imperative that more resources be given to autism research so we can understand the causes and biology of autism and develop...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Studies See a Higher Rate of Autism: Is the Jump Real? | 10/5/2009 | See Source »

Anticipating this concern, federal officials took pains to emphasize that federal dollars devoted to autism have been rising in recent years. According to Peter Van Dyke, who oversees HRSA's Maternal and Child Health Bureau, President Obama has proposed an increase from $42 million this year to $48 million in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Studies See a Higher Rate of Autism: Is the Jump Real? | 10/5/2009 | See Source »

"I would not be surprised to learn that they stepped up their efforts to catch him once he filed that motion alleging all sorts of misconduct by the judge and by the prosecutor's office as a whole," says Jean Rosenbluth, USC law school professor and former federal prosecutor. "He...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Did Polanski's Own Appeal Lead to His Arrest? | 10/2/2009 | See Source »

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