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

Nutley, NJ: Barbershop serves ASD kids; "...he could use more stylists"

The end of childhood
Aug 27, 2023
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Aug 14, 2023, News 12, New Jersey: Nutley barbershop catering to children with autism https://newjersey.news12.com/nutley-barbershop-catering-to-children-with-autism

VIDEO: It’s time for that fall haircut, but for parents of autistic children that can be challenging…. It’s a barber shop like you’ve never experienced. Now Billy’s business is so busy, he says he could use even more stylists.