Because of a better understanding of the intricacies of the human mind, in more recent years, more individuals have been accurately identified as autistic. The purported rise the in numbers of individuals diagnosed with autism was of major concern to the authors; many people did not understand the implications of the broadened criteria. So, this lead the public to believe that there was an outbreak' in the population of individuals with autism. Also, due to increased public awareness, the Department of Developmental Services began to make school districts responsible for classifying individuals with autism, and setting up special programs to cater to the needs of these children. Yet, even with this implementation of the IDEA, there were problems with the way that each state carried out this law because each state, school district, and school system
Because of a better understanding of the intricacies of the human mind, in more recent years, more individuals have been accurately identified as autistic. The purported rise the in numbers of individuals diagnosed with autism was of major concern to the authors; many people did not understand the implications of the broadened criteria. So, this lead the public to believe that there was an outbreak' in the population of individuals with autism. Also, due to increased public awareness, the Department of Developmental Services began to make school districts responsible for classifying individuals with autism, and setting up special programs to cater to the needs of these children. Yet, even with this implementation of the IDEA, there were problems with the way that each state carried out this law because each state, school district, and school system