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Autism diagnosis more common in the US as racial gap closes

by AP Medical Writer
| March 26, 2020 11:05 AM

NEW YORK (AP) — Autism has grown slightly more common in the U.S., but a gap in diagnosis of white and black kids has disappeared, according to a government report released Thursday.

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