Guest guest Posted October 27, 2003 Report Share Posted October 27, 2003 The following is taken from the official State statistics produced by the Department of Education in the United States, for numbers of children aged 6-21 served by IDEA (Individuals With Disabilities Discrimination Act) who have autism. It compares the increase over the nine years between 1992-93 and 2002-03: State 1992-1993 2002-2003 Percentage Increase Alabama 68 1,096 1,512 Alaska 8 259 3,138 Arizona 199 1,689 749 Arkansas 30 912 2,940 California 1,605 16,093 901 Colorado 14 688 4,814 Connecticut 164 1,754 968 Delaware 15 345 2,400 District of Columbia 0 179 - Florida 582 5,117 779 Georgia 262 3,057 1,068 Hawaii 52 528 915 Idaho 39 480 1,131 Illinois 5 5,080 101,500 Indiana 273 3,975 1,761 Iowa 67 1,148 1,613 Kansas 74 878 1,086 Kentucky 38 1,171 2,982 Louisiana 409 1,493 265 Maine 37 675 1,724 land 28 2,962 10,479 Massachusetts 493 3,193 857 Michigan 288 5,463 1,797 Minnesota 296 4,116 1,291 Mississippi 0 537 - Missouri 336 2,254 568 Montana 20 232 1,060 Nebraska 4 481 11,925 Nevada 5 684 13,580 New Hampshire 0 491 - New Jersey 446 4,180 837 New Mexico 16 311 1,843 New York 1,648 8,274 402 North Carolina 786 3,518 348 North Dakota 9 178 1,878 Ohio 22 4,017 18,159 Oklahoma 31 829 2,574 Oregon 37 3,339 8,924 Pennsylvania 346 4,836 1,298 Puerto Rico 266 531 100 Rhode Island 19 471 2,389 South Carolina 141 1,168 728 South Dakota 36 285 692 Tennessee 304 1,359 347 Texas 1,444 8,576 484 Utah 105 843 703 Vermont 6 247 4,033 Virginia 539 2,966 450 Washington 476 2,344 392 West Virginia 101 429 325 Wisconsin 18 2,739 15,117 Wyoming 15 132 780 Total 12,222 118,602 +870 overall (Source: Individuals With Disabilities Education Act data, US Department of Education http://www.ideadata.org/ ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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