All information provided on this page comes form the www.autismspeaks.org website.  It is a great website to refer to.  I am not affiliated with www.autismspeaks.org  - however, the site has helped us tremendously and has provided us with information we have not read anywhere else.

Did you know …

• Autism now affects 1 in 88 children and 1 in 54 boys
• Autism prevalence figures are growing
• Autism is the fastest-growing serious developmental disability in the U.S.
• Autism costs a family $60,000 a year on average
• Autism receives less than 5% of the research funding of many less prevalent childhood diseases
• Boys are nearly five times more likely than girls to have autism
• There is no medical detection or cure for autism

National Institutes of Health Funds Allocation

• Total 2012 NIH budget: $30.86 billion
• Of this, only $169 million goes directly to autism research. This represents 0.55% of total NIH funding.

Information From: http://www.autismspeaks.org/what-autism/facts-about-autism