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) W. Sussex Co: Delay in new $27M special school

The end of childhood
Sep 16, 2023
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Sept 14, 2023, BBC News: Woodlands Meed: Council frustrated over ongoing SEN college delays https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-sussex-66808614.amp

SE England

West Sussex County Council has shared its frustration at the failure to finish building a Burgess Hill special school in time for the new term.

No date has been set for the opening of the £21.6m [$27M] Woodlands Meed College. Pupils are having to move back into the old college buildings, which were scheduled for demolition in October….

New facilities planned for students aged 14-19 include classrooms, specialist technology and design facilities, a hydrotherapy pool and outdoor learning facilities….