The Annual Cost Of Autism Has More Than Tripled To $126 Billion In The U.S. And Reached 34 Billion In The U.K.
Autism Speaks, the world’s leading autism science and advocacy organization, has announced preliminary results of new research that estimates autism costs society a staggering $126 billion per year (U.S.) – a number that has more than tripled since 2006, and annually in the U.K. has reached more than $34 billion (equivalent to $54 billion U.S.).