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) Norwich: 10,000 children waiting for ASD/ADHD assessments; 7 year average wait time

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Feb 23
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Feb 18, 2025, Norwich Evening News: Children waiting SEVEN years for autism and ADHD assessments

https://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/news/24908825.children-waiting-seven-years-autism-adhd-assessments/

E. England

Surging demand for assessments for conditions such as autism and ADHD means more than 10,000 Norfolk children are on a list to be assessed - and the average waiting time is a shocking seven years.

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(UK) Norwich: 10,000 children waiting for ASD/ADHD assessments; 7 year average wait time

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