Craig Newschaffer
Professor and Director
A.J. Drexel Autism Institute
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Inflated prevalence?
A parent phone survey conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to assess autism rates may have overestimated the prevalence of the disorder in the U.S., says Craig Newschaffer.
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