From the Margins to the Mainstream: Responding to Rising Rates of Autism

A fast-growing number of people receiving government-funded developmental disabilities services in New York are diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. And in city schools, the number of pupils with autism has increased 72 percent in only five years. How are government, service providers, schools and parents responding?

Children and Families, Government & Communities, Schools WatchAbigail KramerNovember 28, 2007Autism, Center for New York City Affairs, children, develo, diabilities, families, government, NYC, public education, public health, schools, The New School, youthComment