Rise in autism blamed on clinicians diagnosing mild symptoms, study finds

By Andrew Taylor
Updated January 24 2017 - 4:56pm, first published 4:34pm

The 20-fold increase in the number of children diagnosed with autism in the past 30 years is due to clinicians diagnosing less severe autism in children, a study has found.

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