Mar 31, 2019, New Jersey 101.5: AUTISM IS A CHALLENGE FOR PARENTS AND SIBLINGS https://nj1015.com/autism-is-a-challenge-for-parents-and-siblings/ A growing number of children in the Garden State continue to be diagnosed with autism, with 1 in every 34 kids on the spectrum, the highest percentage of any state in the nation. According to Kate Fiske, a psychology professor at Rutgers University and associate director of te Behavioral and Research Services at the Douglass Developmental Disabilities Center, autism presents a unique challenges for those diagnosed with it. But what sometimes gets lost in the shuffle is how the condition also affects parents and siblings. … On April 3, Fiske will present Autism: The Family Experience, a program designed to help teachers, psychologists, behavior analysts, medical personnel and other professionals understand the challenges parents and siblings of individuals with autism face, and how to support them…. The program is 5 to 8 p.m. at Rutgers University in Piscataway, at Center Hall inside the Busch Student Center. Fiske is the author of a new book, "Autism and the Family: Understanding and Supporting Parents and Siblings." New Jersey 101.5 will present a special autism town hall later this month.
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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.
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Anne Dachel, Media editor, Age of Autism
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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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