Alabama’s Lt. Gov. Defends Tanker Deal
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Associated Press
Published: Wed, January 30, 2008 - 5:26 am
Last Updated: Wed, January 30, 2008 - 5:28 am
Last Updated: Wed, January 30, 2008 - 5:28 am
found the number of Alabama children diagnosed with the disorder is
increasing dramatically and the state government needs to a better
organized approach to handle it.
GOP State Representative Cam Ward of Alabaster, the father of an
autistic child, and Lt. Governor Jim Folsom, the uncle of an
autistic child, worked together last year to create the 25-member
task force.
The task force held public hearings around the state and has
prepared preliminary recommendations for the legislative session
next month.
The task force's report says the number of children in Alabama's
public schools diagnosed with autism has grown from 68 in 1990 to
849 in 2000 and to 2,297 in 2006. Nationwide, about one out of
every 150 children has autism.
Folsom said the budget forecast prompted the task force to look
for ideas requiring little money.
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