On the recordApril 8, 2003
The prevalence of autism is increasing, with the disease affecting, as we understand it, some 500,000 people in this country at a cost of $13 billion annually.
Arlen Specter: “The prevalence of autism is increasing, with the disease affecting, as we understand it, some 500,000 people in this…”
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Senator Specter discusses the rising prevalence and cost of autism.
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