Costs of Autism

Our Research in the News and on the Web

Here is a sample of citations available on the Web:

· This research has been recognized as one of 2007’s Top 10 research achievements by Autism Speaks.

· Medical News TODAY

· Autism Speaks submission to Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council

· Autism Speaks arguments in support of private insurance coverage of autism-related services

· CDC Autism Information Center

· CDC Autism Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network

· Missouri Department of Mental Health

· Alaska Governor’s Council on Disabilities and Special Education

· Caring for Washington Individuals with Autism Task Force

· Arizona Autism Insurance Council

· Nevada Department of Health and Human Services Autism Summit report

· CNN.com

· The Seattle Times, The Chicago Tribune, The Globe and Mail (Canada), UPI, Wikipedia, and numerous blogs.

 

 

Our research on the costs of autism has been featured in news articles, on autism related websites, and has been sited in policy and legislative documents.

The suffering [autism] causes is not easy to comprehend nor to quantify. Nonetheless, a Harvard economist managed to calculate that each year autism costs society a staggering $35 billion, and that it costs more than $3 million to care for an individual with autism over their lifetime due to their special needs. Surprisingly, adult care, not child care or early intervention and treatment, accounts for most of the costs

—Autism Speaks

© Michael Ganz, 2008

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