Opinion: In many South Asian American families, a child’s autism diagnosis is a secret

The CDC’s latest data show autism prevalence is 1 in 31 children in the United States. That is 16% higher than the previous estimate in 2020. It is the kind of number that should change how health systems allocate resources, how pediatricians screen, and how schools plan.

But there is a population this number barely touches: South Asian American families, where an autism diagnosis is still, in many homes, a secret.

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