Prevalence & Early Identification Of Autism Spectrum Disorder Among Children Aged 4 & 8 Years — Autism & Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network, 16 Sites, United States, 2022

On April 17, 2025, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published this report regarding the prevalence and early identification of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) among children aged four and eight years using 2022 data from 16 U.S. sites in the Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network. The report found that about 3.2% of eight-year-olds in the United States had been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in 2022 . . .