Oct 7, 2018, Fox59, Indianapolis, IN: Purdue Polytechnic High School tries new methods with autistic students https://fox59.com/2018/10/07/purdue-polytechnic-high-school-tries-new-methods-with-autistic-students/ An Indianapolis high school that opened last year is attracting students with autism by taking a different approach to teaching. The school has 45 students identified as receiving special education services, out of an overall student population of 250. … “In a traditional school setting sometimes failure isn’t an option,” Taylor said. “That puts a lot of pressure on students with disabilities because they’re trying to pedal really fast to keep up with their peers.” Officials say the school’s main goal was to appeal to students who weren’t on track to continue their education in college or at a technical school. Students who graduate from the high school are directly admitted to Purdue Polytechnic Institute in West Lafayette. Students who don’t wish to pursue further education are connected to local professionals in STEM and technology fields, Taylor said.
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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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