Denver district opens more specialized classrooms amid a rise in the number of students with autism
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Denver Public Schools is expanding specialized autism classrooms to meet rising demand, with 28 new classrooms opened in the past two years. These multi-intensive autism center-based programs serve 8 to 12 students with higher staff-to-student ratios, but come at significant financial cost. Autism diagnoses in the district have increased nearly 75% in five years, attributed to better screening and broader definitions.
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