Aug 1, 2018, WSBT, South Bend, IN: New South Bend facility will be for children with autism to get round-the-clock attention https://wsbt.com/news/local/new-south-bend-facility-to-be-for-children-with-autism-to-get-round-the-clock-attention Families who are trying to find help for kids with autism sometimes have to travel outside the area to get the services they need. But a new facility is coming to South Bend to help fill the gap. Riverbend started its pilot school last year. There will soon be a place for children with autism to get round-the-clock attention. The beds will soon be filled with children ranging in age from 6 to 21. There are 70 beds in total. "A residential service can provide an area where a child can come and get intensive services to be able to help them cope with the environment and cope with what's going on with them. It also gives time for the family to relax, reset and put programs in place in the house where the child is able to re-enter and be a wonderful part of their family again,” said Joshua Smith, Riverbend CEO…. Now children in South Bend can live and go to school all in the same place. ….
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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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