today incorporates this new website, which refers to the candidate to be president of the U.S. has pledged an assistance of $ 700 million a year for autism research with the aim of promoting treatments, services and education. Hillary Clinton promising to Help More People with Autism
Washington, 25 November (EFE) .- The aspirante of U.S. Democratic presidential Hillary Clinton, announcing yesterday a ayuda de $ 700 million a year for autism research in order to promote treatment, education and services available.
The New York senator unveiled his plan for autism to more than three hundred people at a rally in Sioux (Iowa), a city where voters are split between Republicans, Democrats and independents, according to the local portal Des Moines Register.
"It is time that we have a government that recognizes the seriousness of autism and address directly, we can help people with autism to live a rich and full life," he said.
According to Clinton, "do not know how to treat autism and even we know the best way to cure it. "
The number of diagnoses of autism has increased from one person per 10,000 in 1993 to one per 150 in 2007. Every year 250,000 children are diagnosed with autism.
Clinton described this disorder as a national health crisis and recalled that autism costs the nation at least 35,000 million dollars a year.
The senator's new plan would include a working group with people with autism who are responsible for identifying gaps in biomedical research on the disorder and behavioral treatments and services for children and adults with syndrome.
A detailed program will provide financial assistance to adults with autism to job training and housing and transition services for young people leaving school, he said.
Other initiatives Clinton as U.S. president would expand access to treatment immediately after diagnosis, raise money for schools to provide teachers with the necessary knowledge about autism and create a national technical assistance center.
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