FW: CA data

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Subject: CA data

According to information released today by the California Department of

Developmental Services (DDS), the number of professionally diagnosed cases

of full syndrome DSM IV autism in California's developmental services system

has, for the first time in it's 37 year history, exceeded 30,000

persons.....nearly 80% are children under the age of 17, with 2 out of 3

persons are between the ages of 4 and 13 years old. No children under the

age of three years old are included in this reporting system

In 1987 there were less then 2,800 cases statewide, today there are 30,181.

During the latest reporting period between January 4, 2006 and April 4, 2006

DDS reports that an additional 757 new cases were added to the system, that

is, on average, nearly nine new children a day, seven days a week entering

California's developmental services system with full syndrome autism, and

does NOT include any persons with any other autism spectrum disorder such as

PDD, NOS, or Asperger's Syndrome.

Autism not only continues to be the number one disability entering

California's developmental services system, but now constitutes a record

setting 63% of all persons entering the system, with the remaining 37% of

the intakes being the COMBINED number of new intakes with mental

retardation, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, and other conditions that have mental

retardation as a component of the condition.

Between April 2002 and April 2003 there were 3,595 persons added to the

system.

Between April 2003 and April 2004 there were 3,088 persons added to the

system.

Between April 2004 and April 2005 there were 3,015 persons added to the

system.

Between April 2005 and April 2006 there were 2,869 persons added to the

system.

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Peacefully,

Jeff Sell, Esq.

Director of Chapters & Membership

Autism Society of America

7910 Woodmont Ave., Suite 300

Bethesda, MD 20814-3067

ext. 104 (office)

(cell)

(fax)

(e-fax)

www.autism-society.org

jzsell@...

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