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TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Amid concern about New Jersey having America's highest autism rate, state senators on Monday pushed toward law proposals to promote research into autism and provide lifetime care for those with the disorder.
The largest U.S. study of childhood autism found earlier this year that about 1 in 152 have the disorder, with the highest rate — 1 in 94 children — found in New Jersey.
Madeleine Goldfarb, a Livingston mother of a 13-year-old autistic son, said a crisis looms as children with autism approach adulthood without specialized services and with aging parents. A recent study found less than 13 percent of people with autism in New Jersey attend day programs and 89 percent live at home.
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