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More autism cases discovered due to heightened awareness, CDC says

The Centers for Disease Control says one in 68 children have autism, a 30 percent increase in two years. The average age of diagnosis in the U.S. is 4-and-a-half years old -- too late, according to parents of twins who were diagnosed at 20 months. Jim Axelrod reports.
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