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

(UK) Liverpool: Council approves $50M special school for 250 "to help meet growing demand"

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Feb 19, 2026, Architects Journal: ‘Warm, familiar and full of character’: designing one of the UK’s largest SEND schools

https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/warm-familiar-and-full-of-character-how-ridge-designs-a-special-needs-school

Ridge and Partners tells the AJ how it designed a newly approved school for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) in Liverpool

Given the green light by Liverpool City Council last month (27 January), the project will create a new building for Princes School, bringing together pupils that are currently spread across four different sites in the city.

The council had already approved £37 million [$50M] for the new facility, which will become one of the largest schools of its kind in the country, housing 250 students to help meet growing demand for SEND places. . . .