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Article: Autism carries enormous costs for us all.(Local Opinion)(The consequences of the epidemic will include higher rates of incarceration, divorce and unemployment)
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- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
- Article date:
- April 12, 2009
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Byline: Doug Richards For The Register-Guard
April 2 was the United Nations' second international Autism Awareness Day, and in Lane County it seemed to pass with little fanfare. We all lead busy lives, and isn't there some sort of U.N. awareness day for everything?
Well, not for health-related issues; only AIDS, diabetes and now autism have that dubious distinction. Sixty-seven million people have been diagnosed with autism worldwide, but tens of millions more live with it each and every day as the parents and caregivers for those living on the autism spectrum. Society will pay for this challenge for decades to come.
According to the textbooks, ...