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Thu, 5 Dec 2002 08:20:12 -0500
From:
Stephen Tvedten <steve@getipm.com>
Organization: Get Set Inc. (www.getipm.com)
To: Paul Helliker <phelliker@cdpr.ca.gov>
Director, State of California, Department of Pesticide
Regulation
cc: Christine Whitman whitman.christine@epa.gov
http://www.whale.to/a/autism_increase.html
Autism Increase
From the Department of Education annual reports to the US Congress
Children with a diagnosis of autism aged 6-21 served by IDEA (Individuals With Disabilities Education Act)
| State | 1992-1993 | 1999-2000 | % Increase |
| Alabama | 68 | 670 | 885 |
| Alaska | 8 | 165 | 2,053 |
Arizona |
199 |
897 |
351 |
Arkansas |
30 | 560 |
1,767 |
| California | 1,605 | 8,376 | 422 |
| Colorado | 14 | 350 | 2,400 |
| Connecticut | 164 | 1,032 | 529 |
| Delaware | 15 |
248 |
1,553 |
| District of Columbia | 0 | 65 | (infinite) |
| Florida | 582 | 3,114 | 435 |
| Georgia | 262 | 1,602 | 511 |
| Hawaii | 52 | 198 | 281 |
| Idaho | 39 | 239 | 513 |
| Illinois | 5 | 2,435 | 48,600 |
| Indiana | 273 | 2,080 | 442 |
| Iowa | 67 | 543 | 710 |
| Kansas | 74 | 471 | 636 |
| Kentucky | 38 | 739 | 1,845 |
| Louisiana | 409 | 1,032 | 152 |
| Maine | 37 | 358 | 868 |
| Maryland | 28 | 1,551 | 5,439 |
| Massachusetts | 493 | 543 | 10 |
| Michigan | 288 | 3,449 | 1,098 |
| Minnesota | 296 | 1,958 | 561 |
| Mississippi | 0 | 333 | infinite) |
| Missouri | 336 | 1,361 | 306 |
Montana |
20 | 127 | 535 |
| Nebraska | 4 | 289 | 7,125 |
| Nevada | 5 | 273 | 5,360 |
| New Hampshire | 0 | 268 | infinite) |
| New Jersey | 446 | 2,378 | 433 |
| New Mexico | 16 |
193 | 1,106 |
| New York | 1,648 | 4,951 | 200 |
| North Carolina | 786 | 2,391 | 204 |
| North Dakota | 9 | 98 | 988 |
| Ohio | 22 | 1,574 | 7,055 |
| Oklahoma | 31 | 547 |
1,665 |
| Oregon | 37 |
2,218 |
5,895 |
Pennsylvania |
346 |
2,707 |
682 |
Puerto Rico |
266 |
408 | 53 |
Rhode Island |
19 |
238 |
1,153 |
| South Carolina | 141 |
717 |
5,021 |
South Dakota |
36 |
168 |
367 |
Tennessee |
304 |
819 |
169 |
| Texas | 1,444 | 5,134 | 256 |
Utah |
105 | 472 | 350 |
| Vermont | 6 |
160 |
2,567 |
| Virginia | 539 | 1,714 | 218 |
| Washington | 476 | 1,376 |
189 |
West Virginia |
101 |
262 |
159 |
Wisconsin |
18 | 1,445 | 7,928 |
Wyoming |
15 |
83 |
453 |
Total |
12,222 | 65,396 | 435 |
(Source: US Individuals With Disabilities Education Act data: http://www.IDEAdata.org/tables/ar_aa2.htm )
In round terms, for every two children registered through IDEA with autism in 1992-93, there were almost eleven by 1999-2000.
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