What’s Behind the Startling Increase in Autism Cases?

November 13, 2015

There has been a dramatic increase in the number of kids diagnosed with autism in the U.S., according to a new government survey reported by “The Today Show,” on Friday, November 13. New estimates say that 1 in 45 kids has autism, a sharp increase from the previous estimate of 1 in 68 kids. That means that more than two percent of kids in this country have received an autism diagnosis.…

Alex Richards is a Brooklyn-based young adult writer with a background in photography and television production. She loves making no-budget horror flicks with her friends, cooking, crafting, exploring, and being silly with her two kids, awesome husband, and lazy cats. In addition to her young adult novel, Back Talk, Alex writes for New York Family Magazine, and works with ASAP, a South African organization supporting rural communities of women caring for vulnerable children.