By: Lanetra Bennett May 7, 2013
A new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicates that at least one million children in the United States have autism.
The CDC's estimate puts the prevalence of autism from about 1 in 88 to about 1 in 50 in just one year.
In our special report, Eyewitness News Reporter Lanetra Bennett met one local family who's lived that statistic for the past three years.
Four-year-old A.J. was Laura and Adam Roberts' first child. Like many parents, they say they didn't have a clue.
So, even when they noticed delays in A.J.'s development as a baby, they dismissed it by saying, 'everyone's different.'
Mrs. Roberts says, "We weren't concerned with the not making sounds because everybody says boys talk later. Your brother didn't talk until he was three. A.J. will be fine, it's fine. It's a good thing we didn't listen."
When A.J. was a year old, the Roberts found out he had autism.
A new government survey says 1 in 50 U.S. schoolchildren has the spectrum disorder.
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Special Report: Our Kids & Autism