Financial Times:
Autism also deserves attention
18 July 2014
Sir, In his very timely commentary, Martin Wolf addressed the increasingly urgent issue of personal misery and its social impact caused by our failure to treat depression and crippling anxiety, now affecting one in six adults (''Mental illness is our most pressing health problem'', July 11). ... In short, the human impact is enormous and not understood. Conversely the economic impact of autism is better understood, estimated in a London School of Economics 2009 report at £27bn per annum.
This article was published by the Financial Times on July 18, 2014
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