Share of autistic U.S. children with a met and unmet need for mental health 2019-2021
In 2021, around 44 percent of autistic children in the United States saw a mental health provider, while 13 percent had an unmet need for mental health care. This statistic shows the percentage of children in the United States with autism who saw a mental health provider or had an unmet need for mental health care in 2019 and 2021.