HARTFORD - April is Autism Awareness Month and Stan looks at the important role played by occupational therapists with his guest, Carol Marcantonio, who is an occupational therapy assistant, the mother of an autistic child, and an eloquent advocate for autism awareness.
A new government report shows no change in how common autism is among U.S. children. About 1 in 68 school-aged children have autism or related disorders. That's the same as when health officials checked two years earlier. The lack of change is noteworthy because autism estimates had been steadily increasing. In 2007, the government estimated only 1 in 150 children had autism.