Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Startling Statistics

Last night, I was doing some research on Special Needs Ministries of different churches. Through this research, I came across some statistics that amazed me....


  • 7% of children ages 3 – 17 have ADHD.  11% of boys, 4% of girl

  • 8% of children ages 3 – 17 have a learning disability.  10% boys, 6% girls

  • 10% of children have an anxiety disorder

  • 13% of children ages 13 – 17 have a developmental disability (ranging from mild disabilities such as speech and language impairments to serious developmental disabilities, such as intellectual disabilities, cerebral palsy, and autism)

  • 41% of children with a developmental disability have multiple disabilities

  • 17% of Americans will experience a communication disorder at some point in their life, which includes sensing, interpreting and responding (i.e. auditory processing disorder).

  • 1 in 110 children have an autism spectrum disorder.  1/70 boys, 1/315 girls

  • 1.6 % of children will receive an ASD (autism spectrum disorder) diagnosis at some point in their lives.  2.6% boys.

  • 37.5% of individuals who receive an ASD diagnosis will go on to lose that diagnosis.

  • 41% of people with an autism spectrum disorder have an intellectual disability (which means that 59% do not necessarily have an intellectual disability).

  • 19% of Americans are classified as a person with a disability, which equals the population of the states of FL and CA combined.   Both the number and percentage of Americans with a disability has risen in recent years.  

And the one that really got to me was that "many studies do point out higher divorce rates; for families with children with autism, there have been rates quoted as high as 85-90 percent."

These are much higher numbers than I thought, and this is information gathered from last year. Are you as surprised as me???

http://www.disaboom.com/children-with-disabilities/for-better-or-worse-and-kids-with-disabilities
http://theinclusivechurch.wordpress.com/2010/07/19/just-the-facts-special-needs-statistics/

2 comments:

  1. Unfortunately, while high, those numbers are probably right. Working in my profession it is crazy at how the population seems to be growing annually....

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  2. I'm glad you found my full post helpful from www.theinclusivechurch.com.

    I hope you'll list my blog as a resource to your readers.

    Blessings,
    Amy Fenton lee

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