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31 Mar 2015, 1:33 pm

Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative

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a study published 17 March in Maternal and Child Health Journal. The report finds that increased parental age accounts for just 2.7 percent of the rise in autism prevalence between 1994 and 2001.


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01 Apr 2015, 6:44 pm

And most of it is accounted for by increased recognition.