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

Green Bay, WI: . . . "About one in 36 [sic] children" in the U.S. have autism due to "greater awareness. . . "

Apr 5
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Apr 3, 2026, WBAY, Green Bay, WI: Families face long wait times for autism diagnoses

Today is World Autism Awareness Day. According to the CDC, about one in 36 children in the United States have been identified autism spectrum disorder.

Experts at Emplify Children and Adolescent Center say diagnoses have increased in recent years driven by greater awareness and a broader understanding of what autism looks like.

Autism can present differently in every child making early identification key.

But as more families seeks answers, doctors say long wait times for evaluations remain a challenge, sometimes even up to two years with not enough providers to meet the growing demand. . . .