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Autism costs '#32bn per year' in UK

9 June 2014

The figures showed a clear need for more effective interventions to treat autism, ideally in early life, to make the best use of scarce resources, said lead researcher Prof Martin Knapp, of the London School of Economics and Political Science, in London. ''We need to use our resources earlier, identify people earlier and try to provide therapies and support that makes it easier to manage the condition,'' he told BBC News. He said new government policies were also needed to address ''the enormous impact on families''.

This article was published online by BBC News on June 9, 2014
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