SPECIAL EDUCATION

• According to a 2017 report, US special education market was worth $34.1 billion in 2015.
• The special education software market is expected to be worth $3.4 billion by 2024.

AUTISM

• The US autism treatment program market was worth $1.87 billion in 2017 and is expected to reach $2.23 billion by 2022.
•  One in 45 US children, ages 3-17, have autism, up from one in 150 in 2000.
• About 1.4 million US children, 81% of whom are male, currently have autism.
•  The annual costs associated with autism are estimated to be anywhere from $11.5 billion to $60.9 billion.
• The average Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) program center grosses $821,000.
• In the US, there are nine multi-site ABA providers operating nearly 300 centers, making up 38% of the overall ABA market.
• Globally, one in 160 children has autism.
• In the US, according to JAMA Pediatrics, the lifetime costs associated with autism spectrum disorder can reach $2.4 million, on average, when there is an intellectual disability, and $1.4 million when there is not.
• Autism Speaks estimates the annual cost to support someone with ASD to be $60,000.

DYSLEXIA

• Dyslexia affects one in ten people.
• It is thought that more than 40 million US adults have dyslexia, but only about 2 million are aware they have it.
• Some 20% of US school-aged children are dyslexic, and 30% of dyslexic children have some form of AD/HD (attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder).

ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE

• The global Alzheimer's disease market was worth $2.9 billion in 2018 and is expected to reach $10.5 billion by 2025, growing at a 17.5% CAGR.
• Some 5.8 million Americans have Alzheimer's disease.

PTSD

• The global PTSD market is expected to reach $10.679 million by 2026, growing at a CAGR of 4.5%.
• PTSD affects around 6.8% of all people.