June 26, 2018, Douglas Cty. (GA) Patch: Douglas County Named One Of 5 GA Asthma Friendly School Systems https://patch.com/georgia/douglasville/douglas-county-named-one-5-ga-asthma-friendly-school-systems The Douglas County School System is now one of five school systems across the state committed to adopting asthma-friendly policies and procedures designed to serve students living with asthma. … …All Douglas County Schools now support asthma self-management in children by adopting asthma-friendly policies and procedures. This includes coordinating communication with physicians, school personnel, children with asthma and their families, and by providing asthma education for students and staff…. After some research, school officials reached out to the Cobb & Douglas Health Department (CDPH), the Georgia Department of Education and the Georgia Asthma Coalition to secure training for school nurses and health monitors to administer emergency asthma medications. Douglas County School System Superintendent Trent North sought resources to stock epinephrine and albuterol. "Being prepared is critical for asthma emergencies. By ensuring our schools have emergency supplies of stock albuterol on site, we can keep all children with asthma safe."…
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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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