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Rates of Autism in Somali Children in Minneapolis

Posted on July 24, 2008

Today s MinnPost.com reports that First generation U.S.-born Somali-speaking children in Minneapolis schools are disproportionately identified as having autism. There are 15,000 to 40,000 Somalis living in Minnesota, a 2001 state health department study reports. According to the Minnesota Department of Education:in the Minneapolis early childhood and kindergarten programs, more than 12 percent of the students with autism reported speaking Somali at home. According to Minneapolis school officials, more than 17 percent of the children in the district s early childhood special educat...

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