Feb 12, 2019, Everett (WA) Herald: Mom upset after autistic son locked out of Kent school The principal said the boy assaulted her and she was trying to protect other students. https://www.heraldnet.com/northwest/mom-upset-after-autistic-son-locked-out-of-kent-school/ JaVohn Perry is upset, frustrated and wants answers. As she sees it, how could her 11-year-old autistic boy, JaMar Taylor, be locked out of his school, left unsupervised to wander around in the cold for about 15 minutes trying repeatedly to get back in? To Perry, the Dec. 14 incident at Kent’s Springbrook Elementary School was unacceptable and negligent. Perry claims her son, who participates in the school’s special education program, was singled out, ignored and endangered on that Friday morning. She said during a Feb. 2 rally of supporters that the ordeal has traumatized her son, who was suspended and no longer attends the school. … The Kent School District has since placed the principal, Ashlie Short, on paid administrative leave pending an investigation. … According to a report filed with Kent Police, Short explained to officers that the boy assaulted her and a teacher, necessitating a “modified lockdown” to protect other students and to avoid physically restraining him. Short also said the boy was monitored for the 12 minutes he was outside the school. Kent Police posted on its Facebook page: “We have conducted an investigation into the initial incident and based on the available information, we did not find evidence of a crime. The Kent School District is aware of the incident and are following their procedures for reviewing what happened.” …
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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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