Oct 5, 2018, CBS3, Philadelphia: ADHD Diagnosis Becoming More Common In Children, Researchers Say https://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2018/10/05/researchers-say-adhd-diagnosis-becoming-more-common-in-children/ A growing number of children are being diagnosed with ADHD — Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder — and it’s one of the most common mental disorders affecting children. … The number of children diagnosed with the disorder in the United States has sharply increased over the past 20 years. Researchers say part of the reason why ADHD is becoming more common is that doctors now have better ways to diagnose and treat the disorder…. The study looked at data on the number of children diagnosed with ADHD between 1997 and 2016. The rates increased from 6 percent to 10 percent…. Doctors say several things can increase the risk for ADHD, including genetics, a preterm birth, and smoking during pregnancy.
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Childhood Lost
Children today are noticeably different from previous generations, and the proof is in the news coverage we see every day. This site shows you what’s happening in schools around the world. Children are increasingly disabled and chronically ill, and the education system has to accommodate them. Things we've long associated with autism, like sensory issues, repetitive behaviors, anxiety and lack of social skills, are now problems affecting mainstream students. Blame is predictably placed on bad parenting (otherwise known as trauma from home).
Addressing mental health needs is as important as academics for modern educators. This is an unrecognized disaster. The stories here are about children who can’t learn or behave like children have always been expected to. What childhood has become is a chilling portent for the future of mankind.
Anne Dachel, Media editor, Age of Autism
http://www.ageofautism.com/media/
(John Dachel, Tech. assist.)
What will happen in another 4 years? How can we go on like this? This is a national (and international) problem of monumental proportions. We have an entire new class of children who cannot be accommodated by the system: many are manifestly neurologically impaired. Meanwhile, the government and the medical profession sleep on regardless.
John Stone,
UK media editor, Age of Autism
The generation of American children born after 1990 are arguably the sickest generation in the history of our country.
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
It seemed to me that with rising autism prevalence, you’d also see rising autism costs to society, and it turns out, the costs are catastrophic.
They calculated that in 2015 autism cost the United States $268 billion and they projected that if autism continues at its current rate, we’re looking at one trillion dollars a year in autism costs by 2025, so within five years.
Toby Rogers, PhD, Political economist
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