Kids with autism twice as likely to be abused
Originally published February 25, 2019 by Disability Scoop
An article in the scholarly journal Autism finds that almost 20 percent of children with autism are referred to a child abuse hotline by age 8. The study used data on 25,000 Tennessee children with autism gathered through the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s autism surveillance program.
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