Dr. Isaiah Crum M.D. is a board-certified psychiatrist in New York City specializing in the mental health of young professionals. He grew up in a community that treated a fast, curious mind as a problem to be corrected. He became a psychiatrist anyway, making his life’s work out of what others once called his flaw. […]
Dr. Isaiah Crum M.D. is a board-certified psychiatrist in New York City specializing in the mental health of young professionals. He grew up in a community that treated a fast, curious mind as a problem to be corrected. He became a psychiatrist anyway, making his life’s work out of what others once called his flaw. […]
Illustration by Laurenne Boglio Welcome back to By the Numbers, Spectrum’s data-centric take on autism research. Let us know what you think of the newsletter at niko@spectrumnews.org, and thanks for reading. Total funding for autism research in the United States nearly doubled between 2008 and 2018, according to data from the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee, […]
Diagnostic differences: Black and Hispanic/Hispanic autistic adults in the US are more likely than white autistic adults to have schizophrenia and other psychoses. Black, Hispanic/Latin, and Asian/Pacific Islander autistic people in the United States are more likely than white autistic people to have co-occurring health conditions, such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, or high blood pressure, […]
Improving Identification: Rising autism prevalence numbers are more likely to be due to improved identification and diagnosis than a real change in prevalence, experts say. Martin Barraud / Getty Images The autism prevalence in the United States rose to 1 in 44 children in 2018, up from 1 in 54 in 2016, according to a […]
