{"id":13245,"date":"2025-11-07T12:29:19","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T12:29:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ablestarsabatest2.bycws.com\/?p=13245"},"modified":"2025-11-07T12:29:22","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T12:29:22","slug":"is-autism-more-common","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ablestarsabatest2.bycws.com\/es\/blog\/is-autism-more-common\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Autism More Common Today Than It Was 20 Years Ago?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allstaraba.org\/blog\/from-level-3-to-level-1-autism\">autism diagnoses<\/a> are significantly more common today than they were two decades ago. Current data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show that about <strong>1 in 31 children<\/strong> are now identified with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/autism\/data-research\/index.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com\"> CDC+2National Institute of Mental Health+2<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"20 Signs of Autism in Adults - Autistic Traits You Never Knew Existed\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rjiJebsPKyU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Back around the year 2000, estimates placed prevalence at about <strong>1 in 150 children<\/strong>.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/chart\/29630\/identified-prevalence-of-autism-spectrum-disorder-in-the-us\/?utm_source=chatgpt.com\"> Statista+1<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why the jump? Several factors are at play:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Wider diagnostic criteria<\/strong> and increased recognition of autism\u2019s milder forms<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Greater awareness among parents, teachers and healthcare providers<\/strong><strong><br><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Improved screening and early intervention services<\/strong><strong><br><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>These changes mean more children who previously would have gone unrecognized are now receiving diagnoses and support. That said, it\u2019s less clear how much of the increase reflects a true rise in occurrence versus improved identification.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At <strong>Steady Strides ABA<\/strong>, we focus on early diagnosis and evidence\u2011based intervention for children, so no matter when a child is diagnosed, they can begin strong, personalized support with <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ablestarsabatest2.bycws.com\/es\/locations\/aba-therapy-in-maryland\/\" title=\"Maryland\">ABA therapy in Maryland<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Concerned about your child?<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/ablestarsabatest2.bycws.com\/es\/contact\/\" title=\"Contactos.\">Contact us today!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SOURCE<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/autism\/data-research\/index.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com\">https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/autism\/data-research\/index.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/chart\/29630\/identified-prevalence-of-autism-spectrum-disorder-in-the-us\/?utm_source=chatgpt.com\">https:\/\/www.statista.com\/chart\/29630\/identified-prevalence-of-autism-spectrum-disorder-in-the-us\/?utm_source=chatgpt.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/publichealth.jhu.edu\/2025\/is-there-an-autism-epidemic\">https:\/\/publichealth.jhu.edu\/2025\/is-there-an-autism-epidemic<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cvgp08z3egno\">https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cvgp08z3egno<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.quora.com\/Is-there-a-higher-prevalence-of-autism-in-children-born-in-the-last-decade-compared-to-previous-decades-Is-there-scientific-evidence-to-support-this-claim\">https:\/\/www.quora.com\/Is-there-a-higher-prevalence-of-autism-in-children-born-in-the-last-decade-compared-to-previous-decades-Is-there-scientific-evidence-to-support-this-claim<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, autism diagnoses are significantly more common today than they were two decades ago. Current data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show that about 1 in 31 children are now identified with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). CDC+2National Institute of Mental Health+2 Back around the year 2000, estimates placed prevalence at about&#8230;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13250,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[64,91],"tags":[63,90],"class_list":["post-13245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-autism","category-blog","tag-autism","tag-blog"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ablestarsabatest2.bycws.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ablestarsabatest2.bycws.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ablestarsabatest2.bycws.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ablestarsabatest2.bycws.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ablestarsabatest2.bycws.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ablestarsabatest2.bycws.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13245\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ablestarsabatest2.bycws.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ablestarsabatest2.bycws.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ablestarsabatest2.bycws.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ablestarsabatest2.bycws.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}