A man walks with his son, who is autistic, to a school in Los Angeles in a file photo. AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes
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The number of Canadian children and adolescents being diagnosed with autism has risen sharply over the past two decades, a recently published government report says.
Data compiled by Canada’s Public Health Agency indicates the rate of newly identified autism cases went from 35 per 100,000 children and youth in 2000-2001 to 365 per 100,000 in 2023-2024.
Jennifer Cowan is a writer and editor with the Canadian edition of The Epoch Times.
