Overall, the connection between diabetes in a mother and her child being diagnosed with autism was not significant, but the researchers did find links between a mother being obese or having any other metabolic condition and her child having autism.Reuters
(Reuters) - About one in 88 children in the United States has autism or a related disorder, the highest estimate to date, U.S. health experts said on Thursday.
The estimate from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention represents an increase of 25 percent since the last analysis, in 2006, and double the reported rate in 2002.
Advocates for people with autism seized on the apparent spike in the prevalence of the disease to call for more research to identify its causes and more services for people affected by it.
