New Jersey principal claims "within the field of education" about one in 10 students have autism
"It's super wide spread"
On October 23rd there was a nice human interest piece about making Halloween “autism-friendly.” The coverage was from PHL17.
The news anchor interviewed the principal of an autism academy in Woodbury, NJ, and in the course her of talk about ways to ‘limit sensory triggers’ on Halloween, she noted that educators are now seeing ‘one in 10 individuals’ who have autism.
There was no follow-up. The news anchor merely noted that “It’s super wide spread.”
So 10 percent of children have autism? I guess no number is too much when it comes to autism.
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