29 March 2017 - Preventing poverty and social exclusion
Channel: Northern Ireland Assembly
Date: 18/05/2017

Autism rates in Northern Ireland are rising by 0.2 annually and now stand at 2.3% in the school population. The cost to society for autism is £34billion in the UK, more than cancer, strokes, and heart disease combined; 36% of this cost is for adult services. The NI government has invested heavily in autism diagnosis and autism services.