2011 California Code
Education Code
TITLE 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION [33000 - 64100]
CHAPTER 7.5. Autism Training and Information
Section 56846.2
(a) For purposes of this chapter, a pupil with autism is a pupil who exhibits autistic-like behaviors, including, but not limited to, any of the following behaviors, or any combination thereof:
(1) An inability to use oral language for appropriate communication.
(2) A history of extreme withdrawal or of relating to people inappropriately, and continued impairment in social interaction from infancy through early childhood.
(3) An obsession to maintain sameness.
(4) Extreme preoccupation with objects, inappropriate use of objects, or both.
(5) Extreme resistance to controls.
(6) A display of peculiar motoric mannerisms and motility patterns.
(7) Self-stimulating, ritualistic behavior.
(b) The definition of pupil with autism in subdivision (a) shall not apply for purposes of the determination of eligibility for services pursuant to the Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Services Act (Division 4.5 (commencing with Section 4500) of the Welfare and Institutions Code).
(Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 783, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2007.)
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