California stands out among the 50 states for keeping close tabs on their autism and developmental disability population, owing in large part to its unique Lanterman Act, which created an entitlement for services for people with autism since the 1970s. So, California has tracked, with considerable meticulousness, its autism and DD population over the last several decades. So, we have a lot of data. But do you? How well do you know autism in California? Take our quiz!
1. The Department of Developmental Services currently counts this many Californians in their 80s with substantially disabling autism:
a. 800
b. 80
c. 8
2. DDS currently counts this many Californians in their 50s with substantially disabling autism:
a. 12
b. 578
c. 1,239
4. DDS currently counts this many Californians in their 20s with substantially disabling autism:
a. 1,253
b. 8,653
c. 12,173
5. DDS currently counts this many Californians, ages 10-19 with substantially disabling autism:
a. 270
b. 2,794
c. 27,699
6. Number of times DDS has broadened eligibility criteria for autism:
a. 3
b. 2
c. Never
7. Number of autistic adults in their 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, or 80s, who had always met eligibility requirements for DDS autism but are only entering the DDS system recently, in the past decade:
a. 73,000
b. 7,099
c. Virtually none
8. Number of people in the DDS system whose eligibilty category shifted from Mental Retardation/Intellectual Disability to Autism, accounting for the surge in autism cases:
a. 70,000
b. Something like 70,000
c. Maybe a few hundred, but nothing anyone in the system considers significant, and in fact, the numbers of clients with MR/ID has increased over the decades, faster than the rate of the general population, but not nearly as fast as autism.
If you answered "c" to all the above, you got 100% and earn a gold star, or at least a rainbow puzzle piece! Congratulations! Thanks for taking our quiz.
1. The Department of Developmental Services currently counts this many Californians in their 80s with substantially disabling autism:
a. 800
b. 80
c. 8
2. DDS currently counts this many Californians in their 50s with substantially disabling autism:
a. 12
b. 578
c. 1,239
4. DDS currently counts this many Californians in their 20s with substantially disabling autism:
a. 1,253
b. 8,653
c. 12,173
5. DDS currently counts this many Californians, ages 10-19 with substantially disabling autism:
a. 270
b. 2,794
c. 27,699
6. Number of times DDS has broadened eligibility criteria for autism:
a. 3
b. 2
c. Never
7. Number of autistic adults in their 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, or 80s, who had always met eligibility requirements for DDS autism but are only entering the DDS system recently, in the past decade:
a. 73,000
b. 7,099
c. Virtually none
8. Number of people in the DDS system whose eligibilty category shifted from Mental Retardation/Intellectual Disability to Autism, accounting for the surge in autism cases:
a. 70,000
b. Something like 70,000
c. Maybe a few hundred, but nothing anyone in the system considers significant, and in fact, the numbers of clients with MR/ID has increased over the decades, faster than the rate of the general population, but not nearly as fast as autism.
If you answered "c" to all the above, you got 100% and earn a gold star, or at least a rainbow puzzle piece! Congratulations! Thanks for taking our quiz.
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