- 1 in 91 children (formally 1 in 150 up until 2009 and 1 in 10,000 in the early 1990s)
- 4:1 ratio of boys to girls
- Fastest growing developmental disability
- More than 100 billion in estimated annual costs
- In ten years the annual costs are projected at 200-400 billion.
- Cost of lifelong care can be reduced by 2/3rds with early intervention
- A family with a child with autism will fund 3 to 5 million dollars of services throughout the lifetime of the child.
- More children will be diagnosed with autism this year than cancer, diabetes, Downs Syndrome and AIDS combined.
- Autism receives less than 5% of the research funding of most of the more prevalent childhood disorders.
- Approximately 1 million individuals in the US have autism
Incidence vs. Private Funding (2007)
Condition |
Incidence |
Private Funding |
Pediatric AIDS |
1 in 8,000 |
394 Million |
Leukemia |
1 in 25,000 |
310 Million |
Muscular Dystrophy |
1 in 20,000 |
175 Million |
Juvenile Diabetes |
1 in 500 |
130 Million |
Autism |
1 in 150 |
42 Million |
- Studies have shown that environmental toxins like mercury and pesticides can trigger autism.
- There has been no study that has directly linked a pure genetics basis for autism.
- The fastest growing genetic disorders increase at anapproximate rate of 1% per 100 years. Autism is growing at a much greater rate.
Generation Rescue has helped to recover thousands of children from autism and continues to prove that Autism is Reversible.
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