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Knapp, Martin; Romeo, Renee; Beecham, Jennifer – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2009
Autism has lifetime consequences, with potentially a range of impacts on the health, wellbeing, social integration and quality of life of individuals and families. Many of those impacts are economic. This study estimated the costs of autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) in the UK. Data on prevalence, level of intellectual disability and place of…
Descriptors: Place of Residence, Social Integration, Mental Retardation, Autism
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Beecham, Jennifer; Chadwick, Oliver; Fidan, Dogan; Bernard, Sarah – Children & Society, 2002
Examined how services are used by children with severe learning disabilities living at home in London, England, the associated total and component costs, and parents' perceptions of their children's needs for health care. Found some evidence that costs were associated with greater children's needs as well as evidence for under-provision of formal…
Descriptors: Childhood Needs, Children, Foreign Countries, Health Care Costs