In The Politics of Autism, I write about social services, special education and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
From the US Department of Education:
Following is a list of each State’s performance in meeting the requirements of IDEA Part B, which serves students with disabilities, ages 3 through 21:
MEETS REQUIREMENTS Alabama Connecticut Florida Georgia Illinois Indiana Kansas Kentucky Maryland Massachusetts Minnesota Missouri Nebraska New Jersey Pennsylvania Republic of the Marshall Islands Texas Virginia Washington Wisconsin Wyoming
NEEDS ASSISTANCE (one year) Arkansas Federated States of Micronesia Idaho Ohio Rhode Island South Dakota West Virginia
NEEDS ASSISTANCE (two or more consecutive years) Alaska American Samoa Arizona California Colorado Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Delaware District Of Columbia Guam Hawaii Iowa Louisiana Maine Michigan Mississippi Montana Nevada New Hampshire New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Oklahoma Oregon Puerto Rico Republic of Palau South Carolina Tennessee Utah Vermont Virgin Islands
NEEDS INTERVENTION Bureau of Indian Education
PART C DETERMINATIONS Following is a list of each State’s performance in meeting the requirements of IDEA Part C, which serves infants and toddlers birth through age 2:
MEETS REQUIREMENTS Alabama Arizona Connecticut Georgia Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Michigan New Hampshire New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming
NEEDS ASSISTANCE (one year) Arkansas Indiana Mississippi Nebraska New Jersey New Mexico Puerto Rico South Carolina
NEEDS ASSISTANCE (two or more consecutive years) Alaska American Samoa Colorado Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Delaware District of Columbia Florida Guam Hawaii Idaho Illinois Massachusetts Minnesota Missouri Montana Nevada Virgin Islands
NEEDS INTERVENTION California Rhode Island
