Aug 13, 2019, Bromsgrove Standard: Bromsgrove school for up to 18 autistic children given the go-ahead https://bromsgrovestandard.co.uk/news/bromsgrove-school-for-up-to-18-autistic-children-given-the-go-ahead/ A SCHOOL for up to 18 autistic children in Bromsgrove has been given the go-ahead after councillors unanimously approved the plans on Monday, August 5. Bromsgrove District Council officers had previously recommended councillors refuse the plans for the school on Lokrum Fields, Copyholt Lane, near Stoke Pound. They said it would be an inappropriate development on Green Belt land and had ‘poor transport links’, despite admitting Bromsgrove was in dire need of a school like it. The school, originally put forward by applicant Alison Chalmers, is expected to be finished by early next year. It will be open between 7.30am and 5pm Monday to Friday and will be closed on Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays. Headless Cross resident Claire Davies said: “Using the excuse of Green Belt is poor, especially given there is the popular Queens Head pub just down the road, and various new houses in the vicinity too.” Finstall resident Julie Street agreed, saying: “This is an absolute necessity it will help support those wonderful young people with their education and their lives.” A petition asking for the plans to be approved reached just under 1,600 signatures. It was set up by mum Helen Toone Rosewell, who has an autistic daughter. On the petition page she said: “The area needs this school. “Very pleased to say the council made the right choice and we won. “Thank you to everyone for your support.” However not everyone agreed with the scheme, which will see an extended bungalow and associated buildings turned into a classroom for up to 18 children with autism. Copyholt Lane residents Eileen Tolley and her husband John said they are concerned for student safety due to the narrow roads in the area and tractors using the lanes all year round. Details of a mini-bus service to the school will be submitted to Bromsgrove District Council in the near future.
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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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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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