Care Services Minister Ivan Lewis has announced a £500,000 project to calculate the number of adults with autism in England. He said that autistic adults are too often abandoned by both health and social services.
Once the work is complete the government will use the statistics to craft the first national strategy for adults with autism, to be published next year.
The National Autistic Society has long campaigned for this research to be done and is enthusiastic about the move, saying it hopes it will mark a turning point in the way the needs of adults with autism are met.
