· Autism affects social interaction, the ability to communicate feelings and ideas, and the ability to make relationships with other people
· Charter schools have been a way for parents to meet their need of taking care of their autistic children
· Autism is estimated to occur in as many as one in 166 people and is four times more likely to occur in a boy then in a girl
· Experts acknowledge that many children with autism do fine in traditional public schools
· Autism is present from birth or very early in development
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· "Education is market-driven," she said. "If you are looking for what would be considered a fairly restrictive place, where all the kids are autistic, that might serve the needs of a specific family. But another might not want that."
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