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

(Ireland) Inishowen: New SPED building at secondary school

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Feb 15, 2026, Ireland Live: Large extension approved for new SEN building at Carndonagh Community School

https://www.ireland-live.ie/news/inish-live/2015873/large-extension-approved-for-new-sen-building-at-carndonagh-community-school.html

Inishowen's biggest secondary school has been given the green light for a major new extension aimed at enhancing facilities for students with additional educational needs.

The project at Carndonagh Community School will see the development of a new detached Special Education Needs (SEN) building, complete with a sensory garden and a soft play area, all enclosed with perimeter guarding. The development is being constructed in response to a significant increase in student enrolment in recent years. . . .