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: Former school to reopen as special school

Mar 16
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Mar 16, 2026, Former independent school to reopen as special needs provider | Independent School Management

Wakefield Independent School in West Yorkshire, which closed last year due to “financial pressures” including the VAT on fees policy, is to reopen as an education provider for children with special educational needs and disabilities

Its buildings have now been leased to the new Wragby School, a joint project between Wakefield Council and the Venn Education Group to increase SEND provision with 120 new secondary places.

Commenting on the move, the council stated that this would mean fewer long journeys, more stability for children, and less reliance on expensive placements outside the district, making “a real difference” to families in the area.