A study from the United Kingdom found that autism may be much more common and under-diagnosed than has been previously thought.

Dr. Simon Baron-Cohen concluded that for every three children who are diagnosed with autism, another two also have it but are undiagnosed:

• Dr. Baron-Cohen and his colleagues surveyed more than 11,700 parents of children living in Cambridge, Great Britain, using the Childhood Autism Screen Test and other tools.
• The group had 41 cases of children with diagnosed autism.However, another eleven children met the criteria.
• This means the true prevalence of autism may be closer to one in 64 children, although the undiagnosed children most likely have mild symptoms.

This study appeared in the British Journal of Medicine.

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