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

Lewiston, ME: All of $350K SPED reserve to be spent on overspend

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Mar 31, 2026, Lewiston school board OKs reserve funds to cover special ed overspending

The Lewiston School Committee unanimously approved using all of the school department’s $350,000 special education reserve to offset overspending in the current budget.

Superintendent Jake Langlais brought the proposal to the committee at its Monday night meeting and explained that special education staffing and transportation costs have exceeded the budgeted amount for the current year, which ends in June.

Langlais hopes the reserve funds will cover the unaccounted costs, but officials may have to take additional steps if spending isn’t curbed.