Saint John's sophomore post Lucas Walford (Elko, Minn./ New Prague) averaged 11.7 points, 9.3 rebounds and two blocks per game while shooting 75 percent (12-for-16) from the field as SJU (18-2, 14-1 MIAC) went 2-1 last week.
1 Autism now affects 1 in 68 children and 1 in 42 boys. 2  Autism prevalence figures are growing. 3  Autism is one of the fastest-growing developmental disorders in the U.S.  Autism costs a family $60,000 a year on average.
Every two years, researchers count how many 8-year-olds have autism in about a dozen communities across the nation. (The number of sites had ranged from six to 14 over the years, depending on the available funding in a given year.). In 2000 and 2002, the autism estimate was about 1 in 150 children.