Poster #6 - An Investigation of Increased Rates of Autism in U.S. Public Schools

• In Event: 75.043 - MTCC Poster Session 17
  In Poster Session: 75.043-2 - Current Issues in Special Education

Abstract

This study sought to better understand the reasons behind the dramatic increase in autism prevalence in public schools in the United States. The cause of autism was not a part of this study. The authors gathered the single largest dataset yet analyzed on the topic of autism prevalence, including children and youth 5 years to 22 years of age over a 17 year period. The study analyzes national data along with six individual states across the country, to both affirm the national data and detect state-specific anomalies that are otherwise hidden in a national-only analysis.

Author

• Julie Fraumeni-McBride, Chapman University