Confusion over US autism rate: CDC estimates 1 in 40 kids has the disorder – but admits that could be wrong because they measure it in 3 different ways

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One in 40 children has autism, a new report shows.

But although that is a higher number than previously recorded, experts say the number isn’t necessarily rising.

The US government answers has at least three different ways of assessing the prevalence of the disorder, which is measured differently across the country.

The new number, published Monday in Pediatrics, is from one of three periodic surveys the government uses to assess autism rates.

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