Readers' Comments: Discovering Autism
Rates of autism have exploded over the last 20 years. In exploring the phenomenon and its repercussions, Los Angeles Times staff writer Alan Zarembo interviewed dozens of clinicians, researchers, parents and educators and reviewed scores of scientific studies. Zarembo, along with Doug Smith and Sandra Poindexter of the Times data team, also analyzed autism rates and public spending on autism in California. Comments on this series will be reviewed before publication.

Series: Discovering autism | Interactive: Diagnosing autism | Timeline: Key moments

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