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Adults with autism to be audited

May 08, 2008

From the BBC News website:

“For the first time the government is to calculate the number of adults with autism in England.

Announcing the £500,000 project, Care Services Minister Ivan Lewis said autistic adults are too often abandoned by health and social services.

The National Autistic Society welcomed the move, saying it hopes it will mark a turning point in the way the needs of adults with autism are met.

The statistics will be used to form a national strategy...”