MONDAY, Feb. 7 (HealthDay News) -- Almost 40 percent of young adults with autism get no medical, mental health or case management services to help them make the transition into adulthood, new research has found.
The lack of services is even more pronounced among blacks and low-income people with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Blacks were more than three times more likely to not get any services than whites, while families with incomes of less than $25,000 are nearly six times more likely to get no services than families with incomes of more than $75,000.
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