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) Kerry: Official calls for "more early intervention classes" for kids with ASD

The end of childhood
Jul 2
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June 29, 2025, Radio Kerry: Kerry TD calls for more early intervention classes

A Kerry TD has criticised the lack of early intervention classes in the county for students with autism or ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder).

Sinn Féin TD Pa Daly has said that Cork’s 22 classes compared to Kerry’s 2 was deeply unfair, and has called for the immediate sanction of more classes for the upcoming school year.

Castlemaine National School and Holy Cross Primary School in Killarney are the only schools currently providing early intervention classes for ASD students, according to the

National Council for Special Education, and places are limited.

Deputy Daly has called on the Government, and the Minister for Education to sanction early intervention classes for Kerry well in advance of the beginning of the new school term in September 2025.