The economic consequences of autism in the UK
By: Martin Knapp, Renée Romeo, Jennifer Beecham.
Contributors: Romeo, Renée.; Beecham, Jennifer.; Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities.; Shirley Foundation; King's College (London, England)
Publisher: Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities
Published: 2007
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Number of pages: 27
ISBN-13: 9781906162054
Subjects: Autism; Autism -- Patients -- Services for; Autism -- Economic aspects -- Great Britain
Description: Autism has life-time consequences with a range of impacts on the health, economic well being, social integration and quality of life of individuals with the disorder, and also on their families and potentially the rest of society. Many of those impacts can be expressed as economic costs. The purpose of the research detailed in this report was to estimate the full costs of autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) in the UK.
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Includes bibliographical references.

This study was funded by The Shirley Foundation and was carried out at the Centre for the Economics of Mental Health, King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, with advice from the Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities.

Mode of access: Internet.

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