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

Grand Rapids, MI: Making sure people 'are accepting of the autism diagnosis

The end of childhood
Apr 5
1 min read

April 1, 2025, WZZM TV, Grand Rapids, MI: Events for Autism Acceptance Month planned across West Michigan

https://www.wzzm13.com/video/news/local/events-for-autism-acceptance-month-planned-across-west-michigan/69-579ffb2a-cbc3-4cbc-8e38-1af3175d171e#

News anchor: Today marks the start of Autism Acceptance Month.

Guest: It’s an opportunity for everybody to feel included and it’s an opportunity to make sure that people are aware of autism and are accepting of the autism diagnosis. . . .

Guest: We’re expecting 1,200 or more walkers to join us. . . .

Guest: It’s an opportunity to feel included and accepted. . . . We go to the Grand Rapids Museum and we have a free sensory night for all the walkers.

Guest: [The walk] has been around for a decade, and we have over a thousand people signed up.