The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has revealed that autism rates among children have skyrocketed among children, spiking dramatically each year since 2020.
A new surveillance report from the CDC’s Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring (ADDM) Network shows that autism rates among American 8-year-olds have just surged to the highest level ever recorded.
The prevalence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) among U.S. children aged 8 has now reached an alarming 1 in 31 (32.2 per 1,000).
The figure marks a staggering 22% increase from 2020.
The study was led by Dr. Kelly A. Shaw and colleagues at the CDC’s National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD).
It examined ASD rates across 16 sites, highlighting vast geographic, racial, and socioeconomic disparities in early diagnosis, cognitive impairment, and access to services.
The results of the CDC’s study were published in the journal Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
The 2022 surveillance effort spanned 16 states and Puerto Rico.
The researchers analyzed over 274,000 8-year-old children and 260,000 children aged 4.
Researchers used health, education, and administrative data to classify children with ASD based on diagnostic statements, special education eligibility, or ICD codes.
Bayesian models and cumulative incidence analyses were deployed to assess trends and disparities in identification.
Prevalence varied dramatically, showing vastly different rates between states.
A low of 9.7 per 1,000 was recorded in Laredo, Texas.
Meanwhile, a high of 53.1 per 1,000 was recorded in California.
ASD was 3.4 times more common in boys than girls.
It was also disproportionately higher among Asian/Pacific Islander (38.2), black (36.6), Hispanic (33.0), and American Indian/Alaska Native (37.5) children compared to white children (27.7).
The researchers also warn that intellectual disability (IQ ≤70) co-occurred in over half of black children with ASD.
The study found that children born in 2018 were 1.7 times more likely to receive an ASD diagnosis by age 4 than those born in 2014.
Yet median age at diagnosis still hovered at 47 months.
However, sites with low rates, like Laredo, reported ages as high as 69.5 months.
Diagnostic testing rates also varied wildly: only 25% of children in New Jersey had a documented autism test versus 94% in Puerto Rico.
The CDC’s latest ADDM Network report reinforces an undeniable trend: autism diagnoses are rising sharply among American children.
Worryingly, autism rates have skyrocketed since Covid mRNA “vaccines” were approved for use on children in 2021.
As Slay News has previously reported, a major peer-reviewed study published in January identified a huge surge in autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders among children who have been vaccinated.
The researchers analyzed claims data for 47,155 nine-year-old children who were enrolled in the Florida Medicaid program since birth
They found that children with just one vaccination visit were 1.7 times more likely to have been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) than the unvaccinated.
The study also discovered that the likelihood of children developing ASD surged when they received more vaccines.
Shockingly, children who received 11 or more injections were 4.4 times more likely to have been diagnosed with ASD.
The study also found that vaccinated children had a 212% greater likelihood of developing a range of other neurodevelopmental disorders, including attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), epilepsy/seizures, brain inflammation, and tic and learning disorders.
The peer-reviewed paper for the study was published in the prestigious journal Science, Public Health Policy and the Law.
The study was led by epidemiologist Dr. Anthony R. Mawson and research scientist Binu Jacob of the Chalfont Research Institute in Jackson, Mississippi.
According to the study, the childhood vaccination schedule is likely a significant contributor to the higher rate of autism and neurodevelopmental conditions in vaccinated children.
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