Statistics of Autism in China

Autism is called 'zi bi zheng' and considered of a tpyescholars believe that the number might be from 1.5
of mental disability in China. There's no diagnosis ofmillion to 7.8 million.
autism in China until the 80s of 20 century, which is 40For now, there are around 3000 children who have
years late comparing to international society. Even bybeen diagnosed with autism in Beijing, the captial of
far, there's only about 100 doctors in China who canChina. According to the medical classification of autistic
diagnose autism expertly.children, mild: moderate: severe ratio of 6:3:1, it can be
In a survey of the year 2001 with 60 thousand ofestimated that there are about 30,000 children under
children from 0 to 6 years old included, they put mental14 years old with autism in Beijing, if including adults with
disability into the list for the first time. The result of thisautism, the number will be much bigger.
survey was that there were about 104,000 childrenThere's no special schools for autistic children in China
with mental disability in China by then, with 15000 newyet, but the number of institutions or programs for
patients every year, of which autism was on the topautism treatment is more than 200, around 30 of them
of the list.are in Beijing. It's very expensive to get autism
It is widely agreed that autistic people account for 4 ?diagnosis or treatment.
of the whole population. According to this formula,Whether in China or other countries in the world,
China may has 5.23 million of autistic people, even ifautism is on rise. The statistics of this article are from
the ratio is 1 ?, there's still 1.3 million people with autism.the website of an important organization of autism:
According to WHO statistics, there are about 600,000Autism in China.
to 1.8 million children with autism in China. But some