Data Notes:
1. "Newly Identified" means students who were identified in the state of Montana
with a disability of autism in the 12 months since the last IDEA Child Count and
who had not previously been identified with any disability (initial
identification under IDEA.) This number does not include students from
out-of-state who transferred into Montana with an established disability of
autism under IDEA nor does it include students who were previously identified as
having a developmental delay who are identified as autistic at age 6.
2. For example, in 2011 of the newly identified students
with autism, 23% were six years of age.
3. By year; the number of newly identified students with
autism, the total number of students with autism and the percentage of the
students with autism in that child count year who were newly identified with
autism in the 12 months since the previous child count.
2009 = 138/605 21%
2010 = 198/747 27%
2011 = 175/823 21%
2012 = 196/950 21%
2013 = 202/1052 19%
For the above years, the average percentage of newly
identified students with autism was 22%
