While devastating for severely afflicted children and their families, autism has long been assumed to be relatively uncommon, appearing in perhaps 1% of all kids. But that figure was a rough estimate at best, based largely on the population of children who have already received a diagnosis of the disorder.
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World: THE BATTLE FOR HAMBURGER HILL
AP Bia Mountain anchors the northwest corner of South Viet Nam's A Shau Valley, since 1966 a major infiltration route for Communist forces from the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Laos to the coastal cities of northern I Corps.
South Africa: All in the Family
Rattling racial skeletons There is a well-worn jest in South Africa that the country's “colored problem” actually began about nine months after the first Dutch settlers landed at the Cape of Good Hope in 1652.
K-Pop Online: Korean Stars Go Global with Social Media
As a child, Dong Young-bae used to hide from his parents to dance to cassettes of Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder. He says he was too shy to tell anyone he wanted to become a famous singer and dancer.
Drug Lord Pablo Escobar: Son Speaks in Argentine Film
While on the phone with his son 16 years ago, Pablo Escobar stayed on the line just long enough for Colombian police to trace the call.
The Long and Frustrating Hunt for One of America’s Most Wanted (Psst: He’s Not a Terrorist)
James Bulger’s story reads like the plot of a thousand mobster films.
South Africa No Easy Walk to Freedom
The sentence in the courtroom that day in June 1964 was life in prison. The verdict of history will hardly judge Nelson Mandela a common criminal
From Vietnam Prison to Six Senses Paradise
I once met an old Vietnamese revolutionary in Hanoi by the name of Le Quynh Van. “My sight is poor,” he told me, “because Frenchmen shone bright lights into my eyes during interrogations.” It turned out that Van led a jailbreak from Con Son island 62 years ago.
South Viet Nam: The Queen Bee
The history of Viet Nam is full of heroines.
SOUTH KOREA: Slicky Boy
For many of South Korea's poor, stealing from the U.S.