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Autism rates soar: CDC says disorder now affects one in every 68 children

The autism rate in the U.S. is 30 percent higher than previously thought, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which puts the number of American kids and teens with autism at 1.2 million. Jim Axelrod reports.
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