National Autism Awareness Month Judy Converse, MPH, RD, LD A Look at Nutrition and Autism
― Autism is a lifelong developmental disability that manifests itself during the first three years of life. The rate of autism in all regions of the world is high and it has a tremendous impact on children, their families, communities and societies. ∙ On March 28, 2012, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention announced new numbers now showing that 1 in 88 children in the UnitedStates are being diagnosed with autism – nearly a doubling of the prevalencesince the CDC began tracking [...].
