Developmental disability is on the rise in the U.S. Between 1997 and 2008, the number of school-age children diagnosed with autism, ADHD, or another developmental disability rose by about 17 percent, a new study showed.
That means roughly 15 percent of kids – nearly 10 million – have been diagnosed with a disability. If you add in the number of undiagnosed kids, the numbers are even more staggering.
Please take a look at this interesting and informative article from the trib local Lincolnshire…
I wonder if the problems are increasing or if the diagnoses and the ways to detect issues are getting better.
