HHS advisors to discuss boosting funding for autism care

A panel of advisors to HHS is meeting Thursday to discuss a draft plan that would significantly increase funding for medical care and other support for those with autism. Earlier this year, the Interagency Autism Coordinating ​Committee came up with a draft of a more than 300-page strategic plan. It calls for a boost of federal funding to agencies such as the NIH and CDC to $747.4M annually from $390.4M, according to Reuters. The document notes that present ​federal spending for autism is significantly less than other diseases, such as Alzheimer's, despite the economic impact autism has. While the plan...