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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.
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Arlen Specter
Democratic · Pennsylvania
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Apr 8, 2003

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Senator Specter discusses the rising prevalence and cost of autism.

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