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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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- Aug 25, 2023
- 1 min read

Houston, TX: District dismantling Autism Support Team just as school opens

Aug 22, 2023, KHOU TV, Houston: 'We’re not happy' | HISD parent worried about dismantling of HISD's autism support team https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=_rypgKc4Czo

VIDEO: With just a week until school starts, some Houston ISD parents are worried about changes they say the district is set to make to the Autism Support Team.

Reporter: I spoke to a mom who has twins at the school behind me, both have autism. While HISD says all students will continue to get adequate support, she and others say now is not the time for more changes in HISD

Autism mom: One is moderate, one is severe.

Severe means that they have a lot of behavioral issues. Sometimes they’re nonverbal. …

Reporter: Now there’s news of a shakeup. Multiple sources say Houston ISD is dismantling its Autism Support Team within the special education department, and that contract employees who, among other things, help train teachers, would lose their jobs. …

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