As many as 1 in 4 teens with autism may be undiagnosed, new research suggests.
is much more prevalent than people assume,” said lead researcher Walter Zahorodny, an associate professor at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School in Newark.
“I'm certain if we were to look carefully in California, Midwest, every part of the United States, we would find high rates of autism, not only among children, but adolescents as well,” he said.at the Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York, reviewed the findings. He said the numbers may be even higher now.
“So the numbers that are cited here may be an underestimate of the number of individuals with ASD and adolescents presently,” he said.
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