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) Norfolk, England: 2 year wait for autism diagnosis

May 31, 2018
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Sept 1, 2017, BBC: Norfolk autism assessment wait time 'up to two years' http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-norfolk-41112597 Some children are having to wait two years to be fully assessed for autism in Norfolk, an NHS report has revealed. While this month 300 cases are waiting to be assessed, says the report to Norfolk County Council's health scrutiny committee.... It said 164 families have had to wait more than a year and 14 have waited more than two years....

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The generation of American children born after 1990 are arguably the sickest generation in the history of our country.
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

(UK) Norfolk, England: 2 year wait for autism diagnosis

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