Autism in the UK costs more than $41 billion every year

Tuesday, May 19, 2009 - 08:21 in Health & Medicine

Research published this week in the Journal Autism, published by SAGE, estimate the annual costs of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) to be more than GBP27 billion a year. The costs of supporting children with ASDs were estimated to be GBP2.7 billion per year, GBP25 billion each year for adults. The findings will be presented at the Autism and Employment Workshop taking place today at Goldsmiths, University of London...

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