The average increase for boys was 60% while the average increase for girls was 48%.
Data show a similar proportion of children with an ASD also had signs of intellectual disability than in the past, averaging 44% in 2004 and 41% in 2006. Concerns regarding development before the age of 24 months were noted in the evaluation records of most children, but the average age of earliest ASD diagnosis was much later at 54 months.
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