| CATEGORY | Mental & Behavioural Disorders |
| SYSTEM | - |
| ORGAN | Brain |
| ALTERNATE NAMES /COMMON NAMES | Autism Spectrum Disorder, Classic Autism, Pervasive Development Disorder, High-Functioning Autism |
| ICD 10 CLASSIFICATION | F 84.0 |
| WORLD STATISTICS |
About 1 in 68 children worldwide has been identified with Autism. 1 in 42 boys and 1 in 189 girls are affected. |
| INDIAN STATISTICS | About 1 in every 250 children has been diagnosed with Autism. Estimated 10 million Indian children suffer from some form of Autism as of 2013. |
| MOST PREVALENT IN | United States of America, United Kingdom (probably because most are diagnosed. In other nations, many go undiagnosed) |
