Mathematical modelling by using linear equation for calculating the cost of raising an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) child / Siti Nurlela Ramlie Hazmai, Nurul Atikah Mohd Zakaria and Nurul Elissa Azman

Autism Spectrum D isorder (ASD) is a disease that stands for a lifelong time and affects one
person's ability to interact with the community. The way they perceive and socializes with
others and the problems occurs when they interact and communicate with the community
are related to the brain development. The cost in raising a child with disabilities are higher
than raising a normal child. On top of that, an autism child also needs special care. Most of
parents with an autism child did not know how to manage their financial monthly on their
autism child since the cost of raising an autism spectrum disorder child very costly such as
the cost of intervention, education, diet food and other expenses. So, the purpose of this
project is to identify the variables required to model the formula of raising a child with an
autism spectrum disorder. The data of this research will be collected by an interview and a
questionnaire. MATLAB (matrix laboratory) has been used as a tool in order to develop the
system for calculating cost for raising an autism child with linear equation method as a
references since MATLAB is a multi-paradigm numerical computing environment and
proprietary programming language.