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Autism now affects every 1 in 68 people in the United States. But you need to read this whichever country you live in!

News from the Autism Society: The chance a child has autism are now 1 in 68. The Centers for Disease Control* has recently released the most comprehensive data in history on the prevalence of autism in the United States.

The result? One in every 68 American children has an autism spectrum disorder.

Never before has autism affected so many people so quickly!

Every year, nearly 50,000 begin their journey with autism.
One person is diagnosed with autism every 20 minutes.
And the diagnosis has grown at an alarming rate of 30% over its 2012 estimate of 1 in 88.

 *CDC report: http://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2014/p0327-autism-spectrum-disorder.html

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