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) Yorks: Council ok's special school 125 students, 100 full-time staff

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June 7, 2026, Yorkshire Post: Willowfield Free School: Plan for new SEND school in Yorkshire approved

Plans for the construction of a new school for pupils with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) have been passed by Hull City Council’s planning committee. . . .

The school, dubbed the Willowfield Free School, will have a capacity of 125 pupil places and will create 100 full-time equivalent staff roles. A new access road will be established off Inglemire Lane to serve the site. . . .

“This is an exciting project that would go some way to providing much‑needed additional SEND provision in the city. . . .