Numbers on coexistence of diverse learning and depression, addiction
Estimated number of people with dyslexia in the 27 EU Member countries is from 29 980 399 (6%) to 49 967 333 (10%).
In the personal histories of prisoners, drug addicts, long-time unemployed and those with mental problems we often find unrecognised learning difficulty. This causes considerable financial expenses to society. (Nils Wilberg, University of Jyväskylä, Department of Economy, 2002: Special learning difficulties and the consequent exclusion in expense-benefit analysis.)
•	Of students with drug addiction, aged 12–18, 70 percent had learning difficulties. (Karacostas&Fisher, 1993: Chemical Dependency in Students With and Without Learning Disabilities)
Of juvenile delinquents, 36 percent had learning difficulties. (Brier, 1989: The Relationship Between Learning Disabilities and Delinquency: A Review and Reappraisal)
•	Of prisoners, 64 percent had reading and writing difficulties. (Alm&Andersson, 1995: Reading and writing difficulties at prisons in the county of Uppsala. The Dyslexia Project of the National Labour Market Board of Sweden, Uppsala)

Special Expenses to Society
Estimated according to situation in Finnish society
Costs of unemployment	4491 €/person/year	
Support for rent of living quarters	2292 €/person/year	
Loss of tax revenues	9252 €/person/year	

Expenses hard to individualise (1997)
Expenses caused to mental health services	400 000 000 €	
Direct expenses caused by misuse of drugs and medicines (1994)	100 000 000–150 000 000 €	
Net expenses per prisoner (1999)	38 000 €	
Cost of discontinued education in waste of a student place and unprofitable use of the state support for education system, and consequent societal loss of accumulation of expertise.

Estimate of expenses to society caused by exclusion/person
The life cycle of one asocial person	1.3–1.5 M €/person	
Expenses caused by care work, support, loss of work production	2700–3125 €/month/person	

Expenses to the employer
In Finland the estimated average cost of a working day’s absence is 300€/person/day. 
In comparison, e.g. the cost of a reading and speaking scanner, a communicator with a calendar program, and a GPS cost around 1500€ – to access an employer’s talent.