Brazil’s first national census estimate of autism prevalence: Implications for surveillance and policy in the Global South
Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice
Published online on March 11, 2026
Abstract
Autism, Volume 30, Issue 5, Page 1378-1379, May 2026.
Autism prevalence data remain scarce in low- and middle-income countries. In 2022, Brazil incorporated, for the first time, a specific question on prior medical diagnosis of autism in its national census. Results from the preliminary publication of the ...
Autism prevalence data remain scarce in low- and middle-income countries. In 2022, Brazil incorporated, for the first time, a specific question on prior medical diagnosis of autism in its national census. Results from the preliminary publication of the ...