287,667 kids who will be diagnosed

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http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-07-16-baby-boomlet_N.htm?csp=34?se=yaho\

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The link is to the yahoo article that featured a USA Today article

that spoke of a record number of babies being born in 2007. My

thought immediately went to how many new dx of autism that would be in

the next three or so years. That number was 4,315,000 births in

2007...1/150 of those kids is 287,667. And that doesn't account for

the kids born to military families who have a higher rate or to those

who are " on the spectrum " but no official dx of " autism " .

I live in Illinois. We have the worst social services in the country

(so I have been told more than a few times, and they are cutting

funding even more for our new budget)...and all I can think is how do

we do this? How do we get our law makers to look forward to fixing

the situation to come, instead of looking no further than the next

election? And what is the solution?

Sorry for the depressing post (it's 1 am here and I've been

overwhelmed lately...we have no behavior intervention help

here)...maybe I should just copy and paste this post into an email to

my state rep and congressmen??? I'll start another post for the bx

questions after I have slept.

Thanks,

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I know of no other country with better services.

Debi

[Guest guest]

I know of no other country with better services.

Debi