University of Utah investigators who lead the Utah Registry of Autism and Developmental Disabilities (URADD) have received funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to track the prevalence of cerebral palsy and examine associated characteristics in 4- and 8-year-old children.
Dr. Amanda Bakian, who co-authored the Autism and Disabilities Monitoring study, said health care officials used to believe 1 out of every 58 8-year-olds in Utah were on the autism spectrum. However, the prevalence of autism in 2018 was about 1 in 46 children.