Autism Spectrum Conditions (ASC) affect one per cent of the general population in Western countries. However, it is unclear as to whether autism is as prevalent in China. A pilot study conducted by the University of Cambridge’s Autism Research Centre and Cambridge Institute of Public Health suggests that autism in China is currently under-diagnosed and may be in line with Western countries at one per cent. This collaboration will enable Cambridge, CDPF and CUHK to determine whether a one per cent estimate also applies to China.
At the discussions were the University of Cambridge’s Vice-Chancellor Professor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz, the Chinese University of Hong Kong’s Vice-Chancellor Professor Joseph Sung (pictured left) and Director-General of Rehabilitation Department of CDPF Professor Hong You (pictured right).
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Reproduced courtesy of the University of Cambridge
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Autism prevalence in China
19 April 2013
Researchers from the University of Cambridge, the China Disabled Persons’ Federation (CDPF) and the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) met yesterday (Thurs) to launch a new collaborative study into the prevalence of autism in mainland China.