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April is host to a number of autism awareness initiatives, including National Autism Awareness Month, World Autism Month and World Autism Awareness Day. Nearly every company employs people who have children with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and many have employees that are on the spectrum themselves.
The CDC estimates1 that one in 68 children has autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and diagnoses continue to rise. Whether that’s due to increasing prevalence or more accurate diagnosing, large employers must have a strategy for supporting plan members with ASD and the employee caregivers who assist them.
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