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National Autism Summit Charts a Path Through a Scientific, Clinical Wilderness
Brian Vastag
JAMA. 2004;291:29-31.
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Washington—Autism advocates say that for decades, all of science has turned away from the mysterious brain disorder, diagnosed now more than ever. Jon Shestack, father of a son with autism and vice president of the advocacy group Cure Autism Now, said he felt like "someone snuck into my home and stole my one-and-a-half year old's mind, leaving his bewildered body behind." If 1 in 250 children were actually being abducted rather than diagnosed with autism, "it would be a national emergency," he said.
Budget figures bear out such criticism. In 1997, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) spent $22 million on autism, less than 0.2% of the agency's budget. In 2002, NIH spending had increased to $74 million, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) spent $9 million more. In contrast, NIH spent $595 million on Alzheimer disease and $313 million on schizophrenia. (However, it . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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National Autism Prevalence Trends From United States Special Education Data
Newschaffer et al.
Pediatrics 2005;115:e277-e282.
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