Autism Costs the US Economy Over $35 billion Every Year
A new study indicates that every person with autism costs society $3.2 million over his or her lifetime. Autism costs the US economy about $35 billion every year.
The cost is mostly in lost wages and adult care, and not for childhood medical costs and therapy.
Researchers at Harvard University found that in the first five years of life, insurance companies and families spent about $35,000 every year on therapy for an autistic child. While the child is growing up, the disease costs the family about $43,000 annually, mostly in lost parental income. However, the big costs came for adults with autism. Many people with the disorder cannot work and rely on their parents to provide care. The cost of such an arrangement translates to about $52,000 a year.
This study appears in the April issue of the Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine.
Learn more about Autism and Asperger's Syndrome at YourLittleProfessor.com.
The cost is mostly in lost wages and adult care, and not for childhood medical costs and therapy.
Researchers at Harvard University found that in the first five years of life, insurance companies and families spent about $35,000 every year on therapy for an autistic child. While the child is growing up, the disease costs the family about $43,000 annually, mostly in lost parental income. However, the big costs came for adults with autism. Many people with the disorder cannot work and rely on their parents to provide care. The cost of such an arrangement translates to about $52,000 a year.
This study appears in the April issue of the Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine.
Learn more about Autism and Asperger's Syndrome at YourLittleProfessor.com.
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