Atlanta, 29 mar (EFE).-one of every 88 children in United States has been diagnosed with autism before age eight and Hispanics are among those who have experienced a greater increase in the number of cases, according to a study by the Centers for Disease Control and prevention’s (CDC) given released today.
“Part of this increase is because they are identifying and diagnosing more cases in our communities, although the amount that is attributable to these factors is unclear,” said Coleen Boyle, Director of the national centre of defects of births and disabilities of the CDC during a press conference.
According to the report, he analyzed data from the 2008 in 14 States, the new figure represents an increase of 23 percent from the last report which was carried out in 2009 and 73 per cent in comparison with the first conducted in 2007.
The number of children diagnosed with autism in Alabama 1 of 47 in Utah ranged from one of 210, reveals the report called the Prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorders – Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network, 14 Sites, United States, 2008.
In total, analysed information from the States of Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, Utah and Wisconsin.
The report also found that upheaval in the spectrum of autism (ASD) are five times more common in boys than in girls, with one out of 54 children diagnosed with the condition compared with one of each 252.
Research found that younger Hispanics and African-Americans were those who experienced a greater increase in the number of cases during the period under consideration.
While the authorities are unaware of the exact reasons for this increase, believe that it can be attributed in part to a greater knowledge of the condition and the need to diagnose.
Spite to which saw an increase in the number of children who are diagnosed before age three, most of the children are undiagnosed until that four years ago, according to the report.
“Unfortunately, 40 percent of children in the study do not have a diagnosis until after age four.” “We are working to change that,” said officer.
The experts stressed the importance of diagnosing early disease for it to ensure it is vital that parents are attentive to any signal that a minor does not develop properly.
“this is critical because all research on autism which tells us that you between sooner is diagnosed with a child and directed to available services, more this child is going to benefit from the intervention”, said Boyle.
The CDC program “Learn the Signs.” “Act Early” (www.cdc.gov/actearly) provides free resources to parents in order to continue the development of their children and being able to act in time if necessary.
Autism spectrum disorders affect the normal development of the brain in areas related to social interaction and communication, skills and in most cases are manifested in the first three years of life, according to the CDC.
Stock photography where it appears the Mexican Rosario Messina, listening to his autistic son André in the courtyard of a building of homes in Tucson, Arizona. EFE/file
