If your life has not been touched by Austim consider yourself lucky, but with these statistics it is just a matter of time before someone you love will be affected.
-1 in 150 births
-1 to 1.5 million Americans
-Fastest-growing developmental disability
-10 - 17 % annual growth
-$90 billion annual cost
-90% of costs are in adult services
-Cost of lifelong care can be reduced by 2/3 with early diagnosis and intervention
-In 10 years, the annual cost will be $200-400 billion4
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