Autism

Newspaper Research Report

Kelly Marx

University of Phoenix/HCS438

Newspaper Research Report

This article that I have chosen to write and do an analysis on is called “Study in Korea puts autism’s prevalence at 2.6%, surprising experts”. In this article they are saying that in children aged 7 -12 years of age is twice the rate of other developed countries.

Experts say that the findings did not show the actual number of children with autism is actually rising, it just shows that the study was more comprehensive than the studies that were done previously. The method that was used to do this research was that they found 7 – 12 year old children, approximately 55,266 in a South Korean community. In the study they used a high-probability group from special education schools as well as from a disability registry and a low-probability of general-population sample from a group of regular schools. “To identify cases, the authors used the Autism Spectrum Screening Questionnaire for systematic, multi-informant screening. Parents of children who screened positive were offered comprehensive assessments using standardized diagnostic procedures.” (Young Shin Kim, 2011)

The results that were found in this research are “The prevalence of ASDs was estimated to be 2.64% (95% CI=1.91–3.37), with 1.89% (95% CI=1.43–2.36) in the general-population sample and 0.75% (95% CI=0.58–0.93) in the high-probability group. ASD characteristics differed between the two groups: the male-to female ratios were 2.5:1 and 5.1:1 in the general population sample and high probability group, respectively, and the ratios of autistic disorders to other ASD subtypes were 1:2.6 and 2.6:1, respectively; 12% in the general-population sample had superior IQs, compared with 7% in the high-probability group; and 16% in the general-population sample had intellectual disability, compared with 59% in the high-probability group.” (Young Shin Kim, 2011)

“Most cases of autism spectrum disorder in the...