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

Zanesville, OH: Special school to expand "to serve twice as many students"

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Dec 16, 2025, Zanesville Times Recorder: New home and new opportunities for students of Heart to Heart

https://www.zanesvilletimesrecorder.com/story/news/education/2025/12/16/new-site-helps-heart-to-heart-better-serve-special-needs-students/87715821007/?gnt-cfr=1&gca-cat=p&gca-uir=false&gca-epti=z118513p118550c118550d00----v118513&gca-ft=164&gca-ds=sophi

ZANESVILLE – A non-traditional school has moved to into a larger space allowing it to serve twice as many students in a more accommodative environment.

Heart to Heart opened its doors on Maysville Pike in 2024 to serve students with special needs and developmental disorders and rapidly outgrew its previous location. It is operated by the Muskingum Valley Educational Service Center, which purchased a building across the street in August from TW Properties for $1.25 million. . . . SUBCRIPTION