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Autism Vox

July 6th, 2008

Autism not a problem—fancy that

Autism not a problem for 12-year-old Muhammad Danial Zainuddin. Danial is autistic and was only able to “mumble a few words” when he started school at the age of 6—-at 12, he is a “straight A pupil and one of the creme-de-la-creme of his school.” He also won a Second Place in the the state […]

By Kristina Chew, PhD -- 12 comments

April 27th, 2008

Autism Numbers in Malaysia

The Star (Malaysia) notes that 1 in 625 Malaysian children is autistic, which would be a much lower prevalence rate than the 1 in 150 figure among children in the US. But some think otherwise:
If this were to be taken as a standard in Malaysia, there would be more than 3,000 new cases each year […]

By Kristina Chew, PhD -- 5 comments