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) Sligo: No places for autistic children in Nat'l School

Jul 12, 2025
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July 8, 2025, Ocean FM: Outrage over lack school places for children with autism in west Sligo school

It's hoped that a number of children with autism will be given access to a school place in west Sligo this coming September.

Currently, Owenbeg National School have space for only one child and there is an unmet demand for three children.

School staff and parents have been working closely and have requested the NCSE to re-open the second special class so that all children can be accommodated.

Independent Cllr Joe Queenan described the situation as outrageous and says everything must be done to accommodate these children in their locality: