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Zeppel, Melanie J. B.

Intellectual disability and autism: socioeconomic impacts of informal caring, projected to 2030

Background Intellectual disability and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) influence the interactions of a person with their environment and generate economic and socioeconomic costs for the person, their family and society. Aims To estimate costs of lost workforce participation due to informal caring for people with intellectual disability or autism spectrum disorders by estimating lost income to individuals, lost taxation payments to federal government and increased welfare payments.

Fri, 11/22/2019 - 17:47