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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.)

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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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(Ireland) Tipperary: Special school to expand; currently 49 students/38 staff

Mar 29
1 min read

Mar 27, 2026, Major expansion plan lodged for special needs school in Tipperary as decision nears - Ireland Live

A significant expansion of St. Anne's Special School in Roscrea is currently under consideration by Tipperary County Council, with a decision due in early April.

The planning application, submitted on January 12 by the Board of Management of St. Anne’s Special School, seeks permission for a substantial new extension aimed at improving facilities for the school’s pupils - children with special educational needs. . . .

The extension is designed to significantly enhance the school’s capacity and specialist supports, providing six new classrooms along with a library, dedicated clinical and sensory rooms, and a range of ancillary support spaces tailored to students with additional needs. . . .

The school currently caters for 49 pupils and 38 staff, with the majority of students transported by bus. . . .

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