The Increasing Prevalence of School Pupils with ASD: Insights from Northern Ireland

Autor/in	McConkey, Roy
Titel	The Increasing Prevalence of School Pupils with ASD: Insights from Northern Ireland
Quelle	In: European Journal of Special Needs Education, 35 (2020) 3, S.414-424 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (McConkey, Roy)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0885-6257
DOI	10.1080/08856257.2019.1683686
Schlagwörter	Incidence; Students with Disabilities; Autism; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Foreign Countries; Elementary School Students; Secondary School Students; Age Differences; Gender Differences; Disadvantaged Environment; Special Education; Disability Identification; Socioeconomic Influences; Children; Adolescents; United Kingdom (Northern Ireland); United Kingdom (Belfast) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Vorkommen; Student; Students; Disability; Disabilities; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Behinderung; Autismus; Ausland; Sekundarschüler; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Geschlechterkonflikt; Special needs education; Sonderpädagogik; Sonderschulwesen; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Child; Kind; Kinder; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher
Abstract	The rise in prevalence rates of children with ASD is well documented internationally. In the United Kingdom, Northern Ireland has consistently higher rates although the reasons for this are not clear. Using data from the annual school census that is held each year in Northern Ireland, changes in the numbers and prevalence rates of pupils identified by schools as having ASD, were examined over a nine-year period from 2010/11 to 2018/19. Pupils living in areas with greater social deprivation had higher rates of ASD. Similarly pupils attending non-selective secondary schools had higher rates than their peers in grammar schools. In recent years there was an increase in pupils assessed by schools rather than in the formal statementing process. Also more girls were identified as having ASD as were pupils aged eight years and above. The factors associated with increased prevalence rates in Northern Ireland are confirmed by the wider literature. The study illustrates how improved practice and greater equity in supports to schools and pupils with ASD could result from comparative analyses of a total population census that is regularly updated. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01