Annual Cost of Autism Has More Than Tripled to $126 Billion in the U.S.

Autism Speaks announced on March 28, 2012 preliminary results of new research that estimates autism costs U.S. society a staggering $126 billion per year – a number that has more than tripled since 2006. The costs of providing care for each person with autism affected by intellectual disability through his or her lifespan are $2.3 million in the U.S. and the lifetime costs of caring for individuals who are not impacted by intellectual disability are $1.4 million.  Read the full story here.