Thank you so much!
I've actually heard a lot of wonderful things about Wisconsin, especially how green it is (the scenery/trees).
It is a pretty state - lots of lakes and trees.
With regard to the autism rate, bear in mind that the study found that there are only slightly fewer babies born in Wisconsin with autism than in the rest of the nation.
According to the following article, Wisconsin has the lowest autism rate in the U.S. The reason is unknown.
http://www.gazetteextra.com/autismprevalence020907.asp
See the article "Autism in Room 5" which is posted. This issue is mentioned.I'll read that one specifically. I had just read an article about it this morning, but from a different paper. My sister sent it to me. You mean the issue as a whole? It's definitely been on my mind. Not that anything will change with this knowledge. I actually wanted to know the low autism rates by state because I'd like to live in a state which has low autism rates, the reason being if it is environmental in any way, well...that just can't be good. You know?[QUOTE=MyDearColin] Thanks for the replies! I had though it was the other way around--that there are more services in NJ because there is by far a higher need.
I guess there's no way of knowing for sure, but according to the City Data forum, there hasn't been any sort of large increase in incoming families from other states to NJ in the past 6 years, especially not compared to some other states. And in fact, last year specifically, or I guess 2005-2006, there was a decrease in the percentage of people coming in to NJ.
I didn't look up the increase in "imports" for this reason specifically, I just happened to look up that stat because I go on that forum and I am from NJ and was curious.
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I didn't realize there was a decrease in the number of people moving to New Jersey. It looks like you're right about more services because of more need. This is what David Kirby wrote:
"New Jersey may very well be the developmental disorder capital of North America. The CDC tells us that children here are three times more likely to have an autism diagnosis than kids in, say, Alabama.
That means that, if autism spectrum disorders are genetic only, then New Jersey officials must be three times better at diagnosing and counting ASD cases than their Alabama counterparts.
Conversely, if some autism cases really do have an environmental component -- heavy metals, for instance -- then geography itself might become a risk factor."
WIMomOf2,
Thats a good point.
Rhosyn - Here's the Louisiana page from Amie's link:
http://www.fightingautism.org/idea/reports/LA-Autism-Statist ics-Prevalence-Incidence-Rates.pdf
For some reason the page having to do with Louisiana won't load. I can get Texas, Mississippi and Arkansas, but no Louisiana. Could someone click on it for me and tell me what it says?Thanks Amie!Hi. I read but rarely post........I read this article the other day and thought I'd share: