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.