May 26, 2019, Picayune (MS) Item: Two of three school districts employ dyslexia therapist https://www.picayuneitem.com/2019/05/two-of-three-school-districts-employ-dyslexia-therapist/ Parents of children in some of the county’s school districts are concerned that students with dyslexia are not receiving the amount of help they need while in school. The alleged limited or lack of access to a dyslexia therapist has caused about 200 parents to sign a petition. Two parents also expressed their financial concerns because they say they have to pay for private services. … Keri Sanders’ child attends the Pearl River County School District, which has a dedicated dyslexia therapist in training on staff. However, Sanders said that she feels there are not enough staff to help the many children diagnosed with dyslexia in that District, so she also had to enroll her child in private therapy sessions at a monthly expense of $320. Representatives of all three school districts said that children are screened for learning disabilities such as dyslexia in the spring of their kindergarten year. If a warning sign is noted, then that child is screened again in the fall of their first grade year. After the second screening, the District staff will notify the parents if there is a problem. At that point, it is up to the parent to have their child officially diagnosed. … “We recognize the difficulties those students have and strive to meet their needs with limited funding,” Posey said. …
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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.
Loss of Brain Trust features over 9,000 news stories published worldwide since January, 2017
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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