The History of Autism Epidemic
1930's
1 in 10,000
1940's
1 in 10,000
1950's
1 in 10,000
1960's
1 in 10,000
1970's
1 in 10,000
1980's
1 in 10,000
The movie Rain Man, in 1988, was the first to introduce to general public about the word Autism. People were hearing the word "autism" for the first time and struggling to understand what it meant even though a child psychiatrist by the name Dr. Leo Kanner had discovered autism almost five decades earlier.

For over five decades only 1 in 10,000 children had autism.
1998
1 in 500
2000
1 in 250
2004
1 in 166
2007
1 in 150
2009
1 in 110
2012
1 in 88
2014
1 in 68
Watch the movie Trace Amounts to learn more. Hint: the movie is about vaccines.