Back from the looking Glass -Parenting an Adult Narcissist
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Autism's Now a Worldwide Epidemic!
Did you know that recent
studies have shown there's currently what the media are referring to as a
"worldwide autism epidemic".
But that's just the tip of the iceberg...
In terms of developmental disabilities, autism is
the third most common (only mental retardation and cerebral palsy rank ahead
of it.)
Families
with one autistic child have a 2 to 8 percent chance of having another
autistic child.
Autism occurs more often than childhood cancer or cystic fibrosis
Boys are three or four times more likely to be
diagnosed with an ASD.
Mental retardation is present in 75-80% of
individuals with autism.
1
in every 150 babies
born has Autism (and some reports suggest the numbers are even greater than
that.) Autism is the
fastest growing developmental disability.
In the U.S. alone, autism increased by 172% during the 1990s.
