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Children With Autism 40 Times More Likely to Die From Injury, Study Says

A new study shows that children with disabilities are 40 times more likely to die from accidental injury than other children, and those with autism die at an average age of 36, CNN Health reports. The most common fatal injury among children with autism is drowning. The number of children with autism has increased by an alarming rate over the last 20 years, and currently official rates from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...