Autism-Statistics, Incidence, Prevalence

The Graphing IDEA is a web based graphing tool, which shows U.S. autism disability data, rates, statistics, incidence and prevalence.

The source of the data is from the US Department of Special Education. The data is collected annually as part of the Individual with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Each state collects it's own data and submits the state data to the US Department of Special Education. The US Department of Special Education uses the data to prepare reports for the US Congress. For more information on how each state records and report's it's data please see the FAQ.

Graphing IDEA Professional

The Graphing IDEA Professional has support all of the childhood disabilities recorded under IDEA. The Professional version has all of the features listed below. Access to the Professional version is limited to qualified autism researchers only. We are forced to limit access to the professional version because of the computational demand placed on our servers. If interested, please email Fighting Autism requesting access. A copy of your CV and list of publications will be required.

• Calculate, graph, and compare the following graph types of all IDEA recorded disabilities including autism in all 50 states and outlying areas.
   
  • Total Number of cases,
  • Total Number of cases cumulative Growth,
  • Total Number of cases Annual Growth,
  • Total Number of cases Percent of All Disabilities,
  • Number of cases by Birth Year,
  • Number of cases by Age,
  • Crude Incidence
  • Prevalence by Birth Year (gold standard for comparing disorders),
  • Prevalence by Birth Year and Holding Age Constant (gold standard for identifying changing prevalence)
  • Prevalence by Age
  • Historical Prevalence by by Birth year
  • Historical Prevalence by Age
     
• Allow technical analysis of the number of cases, crude incidence, prevalence and growth of disabilities in over 6 million children.
   
• Allow the generation of over 10,000,000 possible graph combinations.
   
• Allow Identification of significant trends in any disability such as an epidemic or decline in incidence, growth or prevalence.
   
• Allow the general public to engage in collaborative and meaningful dialog about disabilities and disability comparisons.
   
• Allow the large scale accumulation of disability data in a collaborative, public and low cost forum.
   
• Allow downloading of all source data.
   
• Add 2003 IDEA data.

Individuals with autism usually exhibit at least half of the traits listed below. These symptoms can range from mild to severe and vary in intensity from symptom to symptom. In addition, the behavior usually occurs across many different situations and is consistently inappropriate for their age.

Please note this symptom list is not a substitute for a full-scale diagnostic assessment.

Consult your health care provider to obtain a complete diagnostic evaluation.

Adapted from the original by Professor Rendle-Short, Brisbane Children's Hospital, University of Queensland, Australia.

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Last modified: January 03, 2008