Jan 2, 2020, BBC: Education review 2019: A year of stretched school budgets https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-50901867 It was another year when balance sheets were as much a part of education as books. Throughout 2019 there were several high-profile warnings about stretched budgets in schools. In July, the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee at Westminster said a lack of money was having a devastating impact on schools…. Sara Long said no more could be done in some schools to save money. In October, though, the authority itself came under fire from a Belfast primary school principal in an extraordinary letter. Diane Dawson said she had struggled to get help for some pupils with special educational needs (SEN), and claimed the EA was in "meltdown."of children with autism in Northern Ireland schools has almost trebled in a decade, according to the Department of Health. A number of parents also spoke out about the problems they had getting appropriate help for their children with autism and other special needs. The proportion of children with autism in Northern Irish schools has almost trebled in a decade, according to the Department of Health….
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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.
Loss of Brain Trust features over 9,000 news stories published worldwide since January, 2017
Anne Dachel, Media editor, Age of Autism
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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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