Autism Trends - how can they be interpreted ?

 

  • Escalation in prevalence
     
  • Register set up in 1999
     
  • Aetiology currently unknown
    • Genetic factors
    • in utero problems,
    • prenatal exposure to pathogens
    • Increasing evidence for environmental factors
       
  • Reliable data needed to identify trends
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PREVALENCE OF CEREBRAL PALSY AND OTHER NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS

L'AUGMENTATION DE L'INCIDENCE DES TROUBLES NEUROLOGIQUES D'ORIGINE PERINATALE
Professor Fiona Stanley, Institute for Child Health Research, Perth, Australia www.ichr.uwa.edu.au