tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15656788186801151052009-09-14T06:09:18.340-07:00Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09167377667061388496noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1565678818680115105.post-38359828372424755952008-04-21T12:24:00.000-07:002008-04-21T12:27:49.138-07:00AUTISM STATISTICS.<br />Here are some stats on autism today:<br />Did you know.......<br />1 in 150 children are diagnosed with autism.<br />1 in 104 boys are on the autism spectrum.<br />67 children are diagnosed per day.<br />A new case is diagnosed almost every 20 minutes.<br />More children will be diagnosed with autism this year than with Aids, diabetes and cancer COMBINED.<br />Autism costs the nation over $90 billion per year, a figure expected to double in the next decade.<br />Autism is the fastest-growing serious developmental disability in the United States.<br />Autism receives less than 5% of the research funding of many less prevalent childhood diseases.<br />There is no medical detection or cure for autism.<br />Boys are four times more likely to have autism than girls.<br /><br />INCIDENCE VS. PRIVATE FUNDING<br />Leukemia affects 1 in 25,000/ funding:$310 million<br />Muscular Dystrophy affects 1 in 20,000/ funding: $175 million Pediatric Aids affects 1 in 8,000/ funding:$394 million<br />Juvenile Diabetes affects 1 in 500/ funding: 4310 million Autism affects 1 in 150 / Funding : $15 million.<br /><br />NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH FUNDS ALLOCATION Total 2005 NIH budget $29 billion Of this only $100 million goes towards autism research.<br />This represents only 0.3% of the total NIH funding!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1565678818680115105-3835982837242475595?l=themanyfacesofautism.blogspot.com'/></div>Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09167377667061388496noreply@blogger.com0