About Autism

Reports

These reports include findings on autism prevalence and symptoms.

Government

• 2020
  
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD)
    
    • 2020 Community Report on Autism
      March 2020
      This report from provides an overview of 2016 data collected by the Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring (ADDM) Network and Early ADDM. ADDM provides estimates of the prevalence of ASD among 8-year-old children. Early ADDM estimates ASD prevalence and monitors early identification of 4-year-old children. Full findings of the data on 8-year-old and 4-year-old children are available.
    • Key Findings: CDC Releases First Estimates of the Number of Adults Living with Autism Spectrum Disorder in the United States
      March 2020
      The CDC released their first estimate of the prevalence of autism in adults based on 2017 data. They estimated that 2.21 percent of adults in the United States have ASD.
  • U.S. Department of Education (ED)
    
    • OSEP Fast Facts: Children Identified with Autism
      March 2020
      This brief infographic report describes characteristics of the population of U.S. students with disabilities who were being served under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) in the 2018-2019 school year that have autism.
• 2019
  
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD)
    
    • Key Findings: Autism symptoms among children enrolled in the Study to Explore Early Development
      August 2019
      This analysis examines the ASD symptoms of children enrolled in the CDC’s Study to Explore Early Development (SEED). Researchers found that children with ASD had more problems with early learning, challenging behaviors, and interacting with others than children classified as having other developmental delays. However, some children with other developmental delays had ASD symptoms.
    • Key Findings: Prevalence and Characteristics of Autism Spectrum Disorder Among 4-Year-Old Children
      August 2019
      Researchers analyzed data from the ADDM Network to determine the number and characteristics of pre-school aged children with ASD.
  • The Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC)
    
    • IACC Strategic Plan for Autism Spectrum Disorder
      2018-2019 Update
      The IACC Strategic Plan 2018-2019 Update details recent committee activities addressing autism research and services.
• 2018
  
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD)
    
    • 2018 Community Report on Autism
      April 2018
      This report from the ADDM Network provides a snapshot of the prevalence of ASD across multiple network sites in the United States in 2014. The full findings of the data are available.
• 2017
  
  • The Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC)
    
    • IACC Strategic Plan for Autism Spectrum Disorder
      2016-2017 Update
      The 2016-2017 Strategic Plan categorizes 23 new objectives into seven community-based questions about ASD. Categories include screening and diagnosis, biology, risk factors, treatments and interventions, services, lifespan issues, and infrastructure and surveillance.