Living with autism in the UK - BBC Health News 2nd April 2008

Increasingly common, yet often misunderstood, autism is now being discussed in the international corridors of power with the first UN-sponsored World Autism Awareness Day - but what issues face those with the condition in the UK? Estimates suggest there could be more than half a million adults in Britain with an autistic spectrum disorder (ASD), which includes Asperger syndrome, a condition that makes it hard for people to make sense of the world around them, often leading to anxiety, social exclusion and economic deprivation.

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