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Autism costs UK #32bn a year, analysis shows

9 June 2014

Autism costs the US and UK economies $175bn (£104bn) and £32bn a year respectively, more than any other medical condition and greater than the cost of cancer, strokes and heart disease combined, according to an economic analysis of the condition's impact. Professor Martin Knapp, from the London School of Economics who co-authored the study, said: ''Autism is more common than perhaps people realise - it's more than 1 percent of the population. Also the impact that it has is across the lifespan, particularly for people with autism and learning difficulties, also known as low-functioning autism. Those individuals would need quite a lot of care and support from a pretty early age. You're talking about 60 to 70 years of support for people with this level of need.''

This article was published by The Guardian on June 9, 2014
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Martin Knapp webpage
Wellbeing Programme webpage

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