![]() ![]() ![]() As at March 2018, 29% of active participants in the Australian National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) were autistic.In 2018, Autism Spectrum Australia estimated that about 1 in 70 people in Australia were autistic - or about 353,880 people - but only 40% were employed.Of those experiencing difficulties, the main problems encountered were fitting in socially (60%), learning difficulties (55%) and communication difficulties (51%). Of the 106,600 autistic young Australians (aged 5 to 20 years) who were attending school or another educational institution, 78% reported experiencing difficulty at their place of learning. ![]() There are 205,200 autistic Australians - with males 3.5 times more likely to be autistic than females and prevalence rates of 1.3% and 0.4% respectively.Studies in Asia, Europe, and North America have identified average prevalence of between 1% and 2%.In a study in the US in 2016, amongst children aged 8, prevalence of autism was estimated at 1 in 54. The prevalence was 1 in 34 for boys and 1 in 145 for girls - so boys were 4.3 times more likely than girls to be diagnosed as autistic. ![]()
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