Oct 3, 2018, Atlanta Journal Constitution: Student stabbed at DeKalb middle school; another in custody https://www.ajc.com/news/crime--law/breaking-student-stabbed-dekalb-middle-school-another-custody/OQErEf3DfnCnuJ88XiYaQM/ A DeKalb County middle school student is injured and another is in custody after a stabbing on campus, district officials said. … The incident happened Wednesday morning at Stephenson Middle School in Stone Mountain…. The mother of the 13-year-old girl accused of stabbing the student told AJC.com her daughter has autism, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and oppositional defiant disorder. … “I got a call that my child was involved in an altercation and she stabbed another child with scissors,” Donadeen Fongchoy said. “That’s all I know. She’s in the building somewhere. I don’t know what’s going on. I have no clue.”
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.