Autism Increase
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.