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Autism Rates: Government Studies Find 1 in 100 Children Has Autism Disorders

I typically love reading the comments on this site and have found the majority of commenters to be intelligent, thinking folks. I'm appalled, then, at the huge ignorance and prejudice about autism shown in many of these comments. Full Article at Huffington Post

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  1. The concern here is that buried in these numbers is a true increase ... We’re going to have to think very hard about what we’re going to do for the 1 in 100.
    – Thomas Insel SOURCE: Albany Times-Union 2 months ago
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    SOURCE: Fort Worth Star-Telegram 2 months ago
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