Three-fold increase in autism diagnosis

An episode of the Newstalk Breakfast podcast, hosted by Newstalk, titled "Three-fold increase in autism diagnosis" was published on March 11, 2025 and runs 5 minutes.

March 11, 2025 ·5m · Newstalk Breakfast

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Department of Education figures today show that about one in 20 schoolchildren are being diagnosed with autism, a threefold increase in less than a decade. We discuss these figures with Carl O’Brien, Education editor with the Irish Times who has the story this morning.

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