WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump said on Saturday his administration would make an announcement about its autism findings on Monday, declining to offer specifics.
“We’re going to have an announcement on autism on Monday,” Trump said at a dinner hosted by the conservative American Cornerstone Institute. “I think it’s gonna be a very important announcement. I think it’s gonna be one of the most important things that we will do.”
Autism diagnoses in the United States have increased significantly since 2000, intensifying public concern. By 2020, the U.S. autism rate in 8-year-olds was 1 in 36, or 2.77 percent, up from 2.27 percent in 2018 and 0.66 percent in 2000, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention….