Description: Katy Autism Support is committed to educating and empowering families living with autism in the Katy Texas and surrounding areas
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**According to estimates from the CDC's Autism and Developmental Disabilities (ADDM) Network study utilizing data from 2014, which used 2006 birth year from 11 states in the U.S. https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/autism/data.html
*Zablotsky B, Black LI, Blumberg SJ,. Estimated prevalence of children with diagnosed developmental disabilities in the U.S., 2014-2016. NCHS Data Brief, no 291. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics, 2017.
In November 2017, results of the study showed between 2014 and 2016 the number of 3 to 17 year olds diagnosed with autism rose by 23%, yielding a new autism rate of 2.76%, or 1 in 36 children, and 3.63%, or 1 in 28 boys.