Autism rises slightly; RFK Jr. claims that he will have answers by September ‘

There were major differences under the sites. The prevalence varied from 9.7 per 1,000 children who were 8 years old in Texas (Laredo) to 53.1 in California. These differences are probably due to “differences in availability of services for early detection and evaluation and diagnostic practices,” wrote the CDC and network researchers.

For example, California-the site with the highest prevalence among 8-year-olds and also 4-year-olds-has a local initiative called the Get Set Early Model. “As part of the initiative, hundreds of local pediatricians are trained to screen and refer children as early as possible for assessment, which could lead to a higher identification of ASD, especially at early centuries,” the authors write. “Moreover, California has regional centers in the entire state that offer evaluations and service coordination for people with disabilities and their families.”

On the other hand, the low ASD rates on the two Texas sites of the network “can suggest a lack of access or barriers to access to identification services,” the authors say. The two Texas sites mainly include Spanish and lower income communities.

The newly revealed higher rates in some of the subordinated communities of the network can link ASD prevalence to social determinants of health, such as low income and housing and food insecurity, the authors say. Other factors, such as higher percentages of early birth, which are linked to neurological developmental disorders, as well as lead poisoning and traumatic brain injury, can also contribute to differences.

Anti-vaccine

In contrast to the position of health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a long-term lawyer against vaccination that claims the false and thorough disprove claims that autism is caused by vaccines is caused in contrast to the position of health secretary. Last month Kennedy rented the Anti-vaccine lawyer David Geier, brought into discredit To lead a federal study that investigates whether vaccines cause autism, despite countless high -quality studies that find no connection between the two.

Geier, who has no medical or scientific background, has long worked with his father, Mark Geier, to promote the idea that vaccines cause autism. In 2011, Mark Geier was stripped of his medical license for alleged abuse of children with autism, and David Geier was fined for practicing medicines without a license.

In a media statement on Tuesday in response to the new report, Kennedy Autism mentioned an “epidemic” that is “unbridled”. He seemed to refer to his planned study with Geier and said: “We assemble world -class scientists to focus on the origin of the epidemic, and we expect to get answers by September.”