Autistic student numbers on rise
The number of West Virginia students diagnosed as autistic has more than tripled in nine years, and the superintendent of the county with the highest number told state school board members his county is paying as much as $200,000 per child in severe cases.
Manny Arvon, superintendent of Berkeley County Schools, spoke with board members about his county’s unusually high number of autistic students in a meeting Wednesday.
He said when he first took the superintendent job there in 1997, the county had 11 autistic students. This year the county has about 161.
Read more here: Autistic student numbers on rise – State News – Charleston Daily Mail – West Virginia News and Sports –.
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Julia Roberts is founder of Support for Special Needs and has been a regular contributor since its inception in May 2010. A mom to two kids with special needs, she didn't want other parents to feel what is the often isolating world of raising a child (or two!) with disabilities. Her kids had kidney transplants at the age of eight and will need liver transplants in the future as a result of ARPKD/CHF. They both have vision disorders and learning disabilities.