Research looks at financial impact on families with autistic children

    If you missed NewsWorks Tonight last evening, you may not have heard: new research finds families with autistic children are more likely to learn less income than families with typically developing children and children with other disabilities.

    The reason, as Healthy & Science reporter Maiken Scott learned, the income gap is attributed to the fragmented services available to kids with autism.David Mandell at the Center for Autism Research at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia explains.

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