Aug 30, 2018, Oakland (MI) Press: Easterseals approved for autism evaluation center to serve hundreds of children https://www.theoaklandpress.com/news/local/easterseals-approved-for-autism-evaluation-center-to-serve-hundreds-of/article_28653492-ac9c-11e8-a650-0be60cedc815.html Easterseals Michigan has been named an approved autism evaluation center by the Blue Care Network and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. With locations in Waterford, Pontiac, Southfield and Auburn Hills, Easterseals is hoping to cut down on the wait time parents and guardians face when setting up an initial assessment for their child. Sometimes, it can take from six months to a year, according to the organization. The assessments will take place at the Auburn Hills campus, 2399 East Walton Blvd. “Families living with autism have enough struggles to deal with on a daily basis. Timely access to services shouldn't be one of them,” Colleen Allen, president and CEO of the Autism Alliance of Michigan said. “The wait lists for a comprehensive, quality autism evaluation are extensive. … The organizations serves more than 10,000 people annually. “For nearly 100 years we’ve been a pioneer in developing specialty programs. We think of disabilities as things that happen to people, it’s our mission to help them live, work, learn and play,” Hosner said. “Without this, children don’t get into the right services at the right time. We want to work with them as soon as possible to see the maximum benefit.”
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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.)
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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