RFK Jr. fact check: Adult autism diagnoses are on the rise, too
Washington Examiner
Recent research confirms that autism diagnoses are rising among adults as well as children, contradicting claims by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that the increase is limited to younger generations. Studies using large-scale insurance and Medicaid data show significant percentage increases in adult diagnoses over the past decade, suggesting that expanded diagnostic criteria and improved access to care drive these trends rather than a new environmental factor introduced in the mid-1990s.
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