Autism Diagnosis rise

Eleanor Mcsherry

Office of the Vice President for Learning and Teaching

Press/Media

Description

Discussion on the rise in autism diagnosis figures

Subject

Autism Diagnosis

Period	11 Mar 2025

Media contributions

1

Media contributions

Title	Percentage of child autism diagnoses rise threefold in past decade
Degree of recognition	National
Media name/outlet	Newstalk
Media type	Radio
Country/Territory	Ireland
Date	11/03/25
Description	Podcast - Around one in twenty children are now being diagnosed with autism. That is a three times increase in the amount of diagnoses ten years ago. So, where has this increase come from? To discuss, Andrea is joined by Eleanor McSherry, former Head of Autism Studies in UCC, Chair of Involve Autism, Miriam Kenny and more.
URL	https://www.newstalk.com/podcasts/highlights-from-lunchtime-live/percentage-of-child-autism-diagnoses-rise-threefold-in-past-decade
Persons	Eleanor Mcsherry