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Article: MGH to target adult autism ; $29m gift will fund specialized program
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- August 23, 2009
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Massachusetts General Hospital is creating one of the first
comprehensive programs in the nation to provide specialized medical
care to adults with autism, a group whose numbers are poised to
surge as tens of thousands of children diagnosed with the
developmental disorder grow up.
The hospital plans to announce Tuesday that it will receive $29
million, the fourth- largest gift in its history, from Nancy Lurie
Marks and her family foundation in Wellesley, in part to add a major
adult component to its pediatric autism program. The money will also
allow the hospital to expand its services for children with autism,
who now wait up to a year for an appointment, conduct extensive
research, ...