Thursday, 29 March 2012

• CDC announces Latest Autism Rates

  

  Today the CDC - the Center for Disease Control and Prevention  - is expecting to announce that the Autism Rates have increased from 1 in 110 to 1 in 88.

  This is an increase of 25% from previous estimates, and double the previous rates from 2002.
   

  We want to put this into some perspective in regards to prevalence to Autism as compared with other conditions and relate it to the amount of funding for research.

  This information comes from TACA.org:

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  Prevalence vs. Private Funding

  • Leukemia: Affects 1 in 1,200 / Funding: $277 million
  • Muscular Dystrophy: Affects 1 in 100,000 / Funding: $162 million
  • Pediatric AIDS: Affects 1 in 300 / Funding: $394 million
  • Juvenile Diabetes: Affects 1 in 500 / Funding: $156 million
  • Autism: Affects 1 in 110 / Funding: $79 million

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  According to this report :

  "@AutismSpeaks, the world's leading autism science and advocacy organization, today announced preliminary results of new research that estimates autism costs society a staggering $126 billion per year (U.S.) – a number that has more than tripled since 2006, and annually in the U.K. has reached more than £34 billion (equivalent to $54 billion U.S.). 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 £1.5 million ($2.4 million) in the U.K. The lifetime costs of caring for individuals who are not impacted by intellectual disability are $1.4 million in the U.S. and £917,000 in the U.K. (equivalent to $1.46 million). The Autism Speaks-funded research, conducted by researchers Martin Knapp, Ph.D., of the London School of Economics, and David Mandell, Sc.D., of the University of Pennsylvania, will be presented at the international conference "Investing in our Future: The Economic Costs of Autism," hosted by Goldman Sachs in collaboration with the Child Development Centre and Autism Speaks, on March 31 in Hong Kong."

   

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  With the CDC announcing these updated figures, we remain steadfast at providing a platform on Autisable where people can share and discuss their journey with Autism.

   

  Share your journey, connect with each other.  Remind people that they are NOT alone. 

   

   

  Are you surprised by the increase?

   

   

   

   

   

   

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