Mar 27, 2019, Aberdeen [Scotland] Journals Limited: Aberdeenshire council working to improve autism-friendliness of schools https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/north-east/1708627/aberdeenshire-council-working-to-improve-autism-friendliness-of-schools/ Aberdeenshire Council has committed to making significant efforts to better meet the needs of young people with autism in schools. Huge improvements have been made in recent years to support the inclusion of autistic youngsters in the classroom. But education chiefs recognise considerable work remains to be done and have outlined a programme of ongoing work. Staff are receiving additional training and the local authority has also been collaborating with the likes of UNISON to train pupil support assistants. … New schools are being designed to be fully accessible to all children, including those with a non-physical disability, meaning designated sensory spaces and low stimulation areas are incorporated. At least one primary school in each cluster is already a designated location with these facilities…. “The broader picture of supporting all children with additional support needs is constantly evolving and we’re doing everything we can to get it right for every child in Aberdeenshire….
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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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