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Autism in America
ResumeThe new study says the skyrocketing number of children - and their families - now dealing with one of nature's most confounding developmental disabilities is truly exploding. And no one knows why.
A decade ago, it took Dustin Hoffman on the big screen to introduce most Americans to autism in "Rainman". At the California rate of explosion, you could soon find it closer to home.
This hour, On Point: the mystery of the autism epidemic.
Guests:
Marian Sigman, professor of psychology and psychiatry at the University of California at Los Angeles, investigator in the California Autism Study
Rick Rollens, co-founder of the MIND institute at the University of California at Davis, parent of an autistic son
Joseph Ricciardi, Psy.D. May Institute
This program aired on October 23, 2002.