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Donald Trump: “20 years ago, one in 10,000 were born with autism.”

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Published | Video Starts at 16:55

That's a big one. I've been. I've been bugging everybody over there, get the answer to that. You know, 20 years ago, one in 10,000 were born with autism. 20 years ago. The most recent survey says one in 12. How bad is that? That's for young boys, baby boys, but also girls. A little bit better. (16:55–17:02)

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Asserts that the autism prevalence rate was 1 in 10,000 two decades ago.

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