US Department of Education Statistics On Autism
The following is taken from the statistics produced by the Department of Education in the United States, for numbers of children aged 6-21 served by IDEA (Individuals With Disabilities Discrimination Act) who have autism.
State….1992-1993..1999-2000..% Increase
Alabama……68……..670………885
Alaska……..8……..165…….2,053
Arizon……199……..897………351
Arkan……..30……..560…….1,767
Cal…….1,605……8,376………422
Colorado…..14……..350…….2,400
Conn……..164……1,032………529
Delaware…..15……..248…….1,553
DC…………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
Mass……..493……..543……….10
Michigan….288……3,449…….1,098
Minnesota…296……1,958………561
Miss……… 0……..333…..(infinite)
Missouri….336……1,361………306
Montana……20……..127………535
Nebraska……4……..289…….7,125
Nevada……..5……..273…….5,360
New Hamp……0……..268…..(infinite)
N Jersey….446……2,378………433
New Mexico…16……..193…….1,106
New York..1,648……4,951………200
N Carolina..786……2,391………204
N Dakota……9………98………988
Ohio………22……1,574…….7,055
Oklahoma…..31……..547…….1,665
Oregon…….37……2,218…….5,895
Penns…….346……2,707………682
Puerto Rico.266……..408……….53
R Island…..19……..238…….1,153
S Carolina..141……..717…….5,021
S 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
W 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. Site address:
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.
Note: the very latest New Jersey figure for 2000-2001 is 2,905, a further single-year increase of 527 children (+22%) over the 1999-2000 figure.
Autism research paper
I am starting a college research paper on autism. Are there any special areas of interest to educators involving autism that would be helpful if all put into the same paper? I would like my paper to be a resource to teachers for finding pertinent information on autism that would be helpful to them. I would do the research and put it all together for them in one place. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks!
I think that the increase in children with autism being served in our nation’s schools is a direct result of parental awareness. Parents are becoming more aware of what services are available for children with disabilities in public schools, and they have also become more aware of their rights as parents of disabled children. Although this increase has posed a concern for some educators and administrators, I feel certain that the children will benefit in the long run. We as educators and administrators must make it our business to research and gain as much knowledge as possible about this disability. We must also work to discover new instructional strategies that can be used to help facilitate the learning of these very special children.