July 27, 2017, The Sheffield Star (UK): Plans drawn up for Doncaster special school for autistic children http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/plans-drawn-up-for-doncaster-special-school-for-autistic-children-1-8673000
Doncaster Council's cabinet has agreed to provide a site for the proposed school on land near to the existing Hungerhill School, in Edenthorpe, with a 125 year lease on a peppercorn rent. The Government is now looking for a trust to sponsor the school, which would be on a five acre site on the Hungerhill Enterprise Park. …
... They differ from academies in that they are completely new schools established to meet local demand." He said the council had previously identified a shortage in provision within the borough for specialist places for complex needs for communication and interaction - mostly high functioning autism spectrum disorder and Asperger’s syndrome, with related social emotional and mental health needs. Some children may also have specific learning difficulties as an additional need but will not have significant learning difficulties. …
"We are having a growing demand in this area. "It brings with it an ability to meet a need sooner than anticipated. We won't have to send young people out of the borough for particular specialist requirements.
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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.
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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