Take into consideration that these are the diagnosed numbers, there are most probably the same amount undiagnosed in the country. Latest figures for Asperger Syndrome are 1 in 300. Types of government and medical support varies from parents receiving a disability pension and transport assistance to schools receiving funds for special teacher assistants. Our state has formed a Disability Service hoping to offer more support to the parent with a challenging child, or assisting the adult wanting to become independent. But these packages are in preliminary stages.
Supports vary from state to state in our country.
There is still a long road for educating the people at the top. Once again this varies from state to state. This support is offered by the government in the way of aide time to either assist the teacher in preparation time, or having an aide in the classroom assisting the child, or releasing the teacher for inservicing or meetings. If you are on the lowest end of the socio-economic scale then yes you are disadvantaged. You can t access the professionals as easier and swiftly as somebody with the dollars.