Dec 12, 2019, Gwinnett Daily Post: GOOD NEWS FROM SCHOOLS: Strickland donation funds Duluth Sensory Room https://www.gwinnettdailypost.com/local/good-news-from-schools-strickland-donation-funds-duluth-sensory-room/article_097f8520-1c33-11ea-9541-93f7c9f7af15.html For some students served in Gwinnett County Public Schools’ Special Education program, significant sensory needs can have a big impact on how they interact with others, their ability to focus on learning, and the flow of their day. Unexpected noises, bright lights and certain smells or textures can disrupt the learning of some, while other students may need extra stimulation of their senses to have a successful day of learning. In January, after learning of the significant sensory needs of the special education students at Duluth High School from GCPS Occupational Therapist Mary Jo Ray-Jewett, local business owners Clyde and Sandra Strickland of Metro Waterproofing decided to sponsor a specially designed room at the school to meet students’ sensory needs, according to GCPS’ Communique online magazine…. In the article, Robertson said the Sensory Room is where she can take students who are experiencing frustration or anxiety so they can calm down, relax and return to learning in the classroom. “The Sensory Room has been a tremendous help with my students with autism,” Robertson told the magazine. … The Strickland Sensory Room has components to meet the needs of Duluth students with moderate, severe and profound intellectual disabilities as well as students at all levels served in the autism program. Some classes have been able to integrate the Sensory Room into their daily routine, while others use the room on an as-needed basis….
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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.
Loss of Brain Trust features over 9,000 news stories published worldwide since January, 2017
Anne Dachel, Media editor, Age of Autism
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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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