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By Paul Sisco
Washington, DC
12 February 2007
 
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A new survey in the United States indicates that approximately one in every 150 children in the country has autism, suggesting the condition may be more common than previously 1 thought.  Earlier studies had placed the prevalence of autism at one in 166 American children.  Paul Sisco has more.


 
The new survey of children with autism is the largest and most comprehensive ever undertaken.  It shows that about 560,000 children in the Untied 2 States have the condition. Wendy Stone's child is one of them. "I'm hoping that one in 150 is alarming enough to the government and our health care providers for them to pay a lot of attention."


Autism is a little-understood neurological and behavior syndrome 3 that interferes 4 with a child's ability to relate or interact with others.  Many of its victims are withdrawn 5 and have difficulty speaking. The new survey by the Centers for Disease, Control and Prevention is not a nationwide study and is based on data from only 14 states. Still, many in the medical community, and among support groups, found the numbers staggering.


 
Wendy Stone
Lee Grossman, with the Autism Society of America, says the numbers may be higher. "It actually validates 6 what we've been saying all along.  The numbers of people being with autism is much higher than what had been previously stated."


The U.S. Congress recently allocated 7 $945 million to learn more about the condition.


Grossman says the funds may not be enough. "We need to go back to Congress and the agencies to ask for more services for this growing population."


More money on research is needed because very little is known about possible risk factors for autism, what causes it, or even how to recognize it biologically. It is known that if an autistic child is identified before the age of three, intervention 8 is much more effective.



adv.以前,先前(地)
  • The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
  • Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿,解释原先发生了什么。
松开,解开( untie的过去式和过去分词 ); 解除,使自由; 解决
  • Once untied, we common people are able to conquer nature, too. 只要团结起来,我们老百姓也能移山倒海。
  • He untied the ropes. 他解开了绳子。
n.综合病症;并存特性
  • The Institute says that an unidentified virus is to blame for the syndrome. 该研究所表示,引起这种综合症的是一种尚未确认的病毒。
  • Results indicated that 11 fetuses had Down syndrome. 结果表明有11个胎儿患有唐氏综合征。
vi. 妨碍,冲突,干涉
  • The noise interferes with my work. 这噪音妨碍我的工作。
  • That interferes with my plan. 那干扰了我的计划。
vt.收回;使退出;vi.撤退,退出
  • Our force has been withdrawn from the danger area.我们的军队已从危险地区撤出。
  • All foreign troops should be withdrawn to their own countries.一切外国军队都应撤回本国去。
v.证实( validate的第三人称单数 );确证;使生效;使有法律效力
  • Other research validates that when it comes to chocolate, type does matter. 其他的研究也证实了不同种类的巧克力确实功效不同。 来自互联网
  • Trouble shoots equipment, review and validates data and complete reports. 管理错误描述设备,审查并确认试验数据,完成试验报告。 来自互联网
n.介入,干涉,干预
  • The government's intervention in this dispute will not help.政府对这场争论的干预不会起作用。
  • Many people felt he would be hostile to the idea of foreign intervention.许多人觉得他会反对外来干预。
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act of terrorism
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aligned dimension
arctic mouse-ears
as pale as ashes
ato unit
bank holiday
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beam splitting dichroic mirror
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C'esaro convergent series
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dequass
digital audio inputs
disclosure principle
dreadnaught,dreadnought
earnings surprise
error-deformation string
Evoron
exauguration
farming bacteriology
fidei-commissum
Freyburg
fruit-seed
gamma-butyrolacton
gauge fixing
glass table
gravity assist
grease proof wrapping
hencoops
hepatic rickets
hexylester
hot alignment
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imporose
indeterminate fauit
Indiegogo
inter row cultivator
isobits
job confirmation
level holding pipe
Lord High Steward (of England)
multidiversified
napocor
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news summary
nuclear emulsion
optic papillae
overdimension container
overtighten
ovular
paramyxoviral
pee-eye
Pharmacometric
pigheadednesses
post-axiad
Power Five
quartz still
ratiometer
red bay
reelin
regenerative braking
reteeing
robern
safe in life and limb
see's
side house
simulated environment test
SlimBrowser
Softran
solar proton
SPDL
spheric earth
tamisier
tetons
thiaestrane
three-star
tubicoles
uncontrolled rise
unwilling to spend money
Uzunisa
vertical vane copying milling machine
Weiss' reflex myopic reflex
xylotrechus formosanus
Yongding