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) N. Somerset: 65 place special school opening to "address rising demand for places"

Jun 11
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June 8, 2026, New special school opening in North Somerset in 2027 | North Somerset Times

Work has started on a new specialist school in North Somerset designed to //*-+-address rising demand for places for children with social, emotional and mental health needs.

Lime Hills Academy, due to open in September 2027, is being built at a site in Langford and will replace the school’s current temporary arrangements in Nailsea and Weston-super-Mare. . .

The school will provide 65 places for pupils aged five to 16 with an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) and a primary diagnosis of social, emotional and mental health (SEMH) needs. . . .