Educational Services of America looks to early intervention to address the nation’s fastest-growing developmental disorder – autism.
According to statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one in 68 children falls somewhere on the autism spectrum.
The fastest-growing developmental disorder in the United States, autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is almost five times more common in boys (1 in 42) than girls (1 in 189). Additionally, the CDC estimates it costs at least $17,000 more per year to care for a child with autism, including extra expenditures for healthcare, education and ASD-related therapy.
While there is still no cure for ASD, research has shown early in...
