The price we pay

Autism Origins, Treatments, Brain Fitness, Childhood Learning, Cognitive Impairment in Children, Language Development, Reading and Dyslexia

A study in an issue of the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine focussed on autism spectrum disorders. A paper in that issue authored by a public health economist, Dr. Michael Ganz, used a rich variety of sources to determine the societal costs of autism. In today’s dollars: $3.2 million/autistic individual/lifetime. $35 BILLION overall, in…