Question: has autism increased in the last 10 years?
Answer: At the start of the millennium, the rate of ASD reported by the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) was 1 in 150 and this rate remained steady for 2002. Then, starting in 2004, there have been increases announced every two years: 1 in 125 in 2004, 1 in 110 in 2006, 1 in 88 in 2008, 1 in 68 in 2010 and 2012.