(UK) Solihull: New autism school planned 'to meet current/future demand for places'
- The end of childhood
- Jul 22, 2020
- 2 min read
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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.
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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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July 22, 2020, Solihull Observer: Plans agreed to open Solihull school for autistic children by 2022 https://solihullobserver.co.uk/news/plans-agreed-to-open-solihull-school-for-autistic-children-by-2022/
A NEW free school for autistic children in Solihull will open within three years, the Education Secretary has pledged.
The Department for Education has agreed a contract with a trust to run the new school, which will have 100 places for children aged 7 to 16 years old…..
This week (July 19), the DfE agreed a schedule for 35 new special free schools to open iEngland from September 2022.
The Forward Education Trust, which runs special schools in Birmingham, will run the free school in Solihull….
At the time, Coun Ken Meeson, cabinet member for education, said: “We know we have comparatively high rates of autism diagnosis in the borough.
“On a practical level it also means we can educate more children and young people nearer to their homes….
“For those pupils with more complex needs, creating a special free school will mean we can better meet current and future demand for places, whilst also extending local choice.
Following the agreement with the Department for Education, Coun Meeson said: “I am very pleased that Forward Education Trust has been appointed to run Solihull’s new special free school….
“This announcement means we are taking another important step in delivering the Council’s ambitious programme to provide an exceptional educational environment which fully understands and caters for the individual needs of children and young people with autism. We are looking forward to working together with Forward Education Trust to support our children and young people and their families.”
Jane Edgerton, Chief Executive of Forward Education Trust said: “We are delighted to be working with the Department for Education and Solihull Council to create a purpose built school that becomes an integral part of the local community….
Announcing three special schools in the West Midlands, including the Bosworth Campus school, Education Secretary Gavin Williamson said: “Now more than ever we need to make sure we are putting our most disadvantaged and vulnerable children first, including those with complex needs….
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