Prevalence & Characteristics Of Autism Spectrum Disorder Among Children Aged 8 Years — Autism & Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network, 11 Sites, United States, 2018

On December 3, 2021, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published this Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report regarding the prevalence & characteristics of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) among children aged 8 years in the Autism & Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network for 11 sites in the U.S. in 2018. This data includes prevalence by site, sex, race
and ethnicity, and neighborhood socioeconomic status (SES). Children with ASD also are classified in terms of co-occurring
intellectual disability (on the basis of cognitive test data), the number identified in medical and educational settings, median ages at first . . .