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) Limerick school has 2 ASD classes in one room; 'need great, growing'

May 29, 2025
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May 28, 2025, Limerick Post: Two autism special needs classes in one Limerick classroom ‘unacceptable’, says TD

SPEAKING in the Dáil, Fianna Fáil TD Willie O’Dea deemed it “totally unacceptable” that St Munchin’s College in Corbally is accommodating two autism special needs classes at present in one classroom.

"It has made an application to the Department of Education for refurbishment funding, which would solve the problem and would, in fact, enable it to accommodate more autistic students in the years ahead, for which there is a huge demand.

The Minister in a written reply told me the request had been received and is being assessed. I have to say it is being assessed for an extraordinarily long time.

The need is great and is growing,” O’Dea said. Taoiseach Micheál Martin said he would get the issue resolved.