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[[Image:Autism-stacking-cans.jpg|thumb|275px|Obsessively stacking or lining up cans and other objects at a very young age may be an early indicator of autism.]]
The incidence of diagnosed autism has increased since the 1990s.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/5174144.stm "Autism 'more common than thought'"] BBC News (2006) July 13</ref> Reasons offered for this phenomenon include better diagnosis, wider public awareness of the condition, regional variations in diagnostic criteria, or simply an increase in the occurrence of ASD ([[autism spectrum disorders]]). The United States [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention|Centers for Disease Control]] (CDC) estimate the prevalence of autism spectrum disorders to be about one in every 150 children.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory?id=2859985 | title=ABC News Autism More Common Than Thought in U.S.: Survey>|accessdate=2007-01-25}}</ref><ref>[http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/02/08/ap3410772.html U.S. Says Autism Rate 1 in 150] Mike Stobbe. Forbes.com 2 February 2007. Retrieved February 9, 2007</ref> In 2005, the [[National Institute of Mental Health]] (NIMH) stated the "best conservative estimate" as 1 in 1000.<ref>{{cite web | title=NIH Autism Overview 2005 | url=http://www.nichd.nih.gov/publications/pubs/upload/autism_overview_2005.pdf | accessdate = 2006-02-05}}</ref> In
There are numerous theories as to the specific [[causes of autism]], but they have yet to be fully supported by evidence (see section on "Causes" below). Proposed factors include genetic influence, anatomical variations (e.g. head circumference), abnormal blood vessel function, [[oxidative stress]], and vaccinations. Their significance as well as implications for treatment remain speculative.
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==References==
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*{{cite web | title=M.I.N.D. Institute Study Confirms Autism Increase | work=U.C. Davis| url=http://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/news/MINDepi_study.html | accessmonthday = [[March 6]] | accessyear=2005 }}
*{{cite news | last=Stenson | first=Jacqueline | title=As autism cases soar, a search for clues | date=[[24 February]] [[2005]] | publisher=Newsweek | url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6947652/}}
*{{cite news | last=Goode | first=Erica|title=Autism Statistics: More and More Autism Cases|date=[[26 January]] [[2004]] | publisher=New York Times | url=http://www.autisticsociety.org/article262.html}}
*{{cite journal | author=Wing L, Potter D. | title=The epidemiology of autistic spectrum disorders: is the prevalence rising? | journal=Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews | volume=8 | issue=3 | year=2002 | pages=151–61}} ([http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12216059&dopt=Abstract abstract])
*{{cite journal | author=Croen LA, Grether JK, Hoogstrate J, Selvin S. | title=The changing prevalence of autism in California | journal=Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders| volume=32| issue=3 | year=2002 June | pages=207-15}} ([http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=12108622 abstract])
*Manev R, Manev H. Aminoglycoside antibiotics and autism: a speculative hypothesis. BMC Psychiatry. 2001;1:5. Epub 2001 [[10 October]].
*Strock, Margaret (2004). Autism Spectrum Disorders (Pervasive Developmental Disorders). NIH Publication No. NIH-04-5511, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD, 40 pp. http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/autism.cfm
*Mark Geier, M.D., Ph.D., David A. Geier, B.S., American Physicians and Surgeons, [[March 10]] [[2006]]
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*[[Bruno Bettelheim]]: "Empty Fortress", Publisher: Free Press; 1972, ISBN 0-02-903140-0
*Yazbak, F. Edward (2003). [http://www.jpands.org/vol8no4/yazbak.pdf "Autism in the United States: a Perspective"]. ''Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons''. 8(4). 103-107.
*[[Donald Meltzer]]: "Explorations in Autism: A Psycho-Analytical Study", Publisher: Karnac Books, 1975, ISBN 0-902965-03-4
*[[Frances Tustin]]: "Autism and Childhood Psychosis", Publisher: Karnac Books; 1995, ISBN 1-85575-110-0
* [[Donna Williams]] : "Nobody Nowhere", Publisher: Transworld; 1991, ISBN 0-385-40298-8 (now republished 1998 by Jessica Kingsley Publishers ISBN 1-85302-718-9)
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