Why Autism Cases are Still Rising

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🗓️ 16 April 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention release a study showing 1 out of 31 American children have autism. Former President Biden breaks his silence, chastising the Trump administration over Social Security. And the “school choice” movement finds a new group of allies: urban families of color. Did you hear? Brad's hosting a new show for the true crime-obsessed called "The Crime Scene Weekly." Each week, "The Crime Scene" focuses on what everybody's talking about in true crime -- from what your favorite podcasts are covering, to what's taking over our TikTok feeds. Follow the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, or wherever you listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Amazon offers term time working to their employees, like Anton,
0:05.0	who's home to look after his daughters during their holidays.
0:10.0	Hello!
0:11.0	To him, this is the best sound in the world.
0:13.0	Daddy!
0:14.0	Actually, maybe that's the best sound of all.
0:21.6	Now that's term time working.
0:23.6	Offer to Amazon.
0:25.6	Ten weeks off guaranteed per year.
0:26.6	Mix of paid holiday and unpaid time off.
0:28.6	Conditions apply.
0:30.6	It's Wednesday, April 16th.
0:32.6	There are more children with autism than ever, or at least, we're counting more of them. We start here.
0:40.8	A new CDC study says more than 3% of kids in this country are on the spectrum.
0:47.0	It sounds huge, but the context here is so important. We're already seeing division over how to
0:52.5	interpret these numbers, so our medical team
0:54.6	will break it down. President Biden had been silent for months that changed last night.
1:00.2	Who in the hell do they think they are? Why he railed on the Trump White House, specifically on
1:05.5	Social Security. And these parents think President Trump has been wrong about everything except this.
1:11.9	Universal school vouchers would change the world for you and for your students.
1:16.5	Absolutely.
1:16.9	How so?
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