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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.
Anne Dachel, Media editor, Age of Autism
http://www.ageofautism.com/media/
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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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Dec 6, 2025 ∙ 3 min
Employer-sponsored health plans dealing with dramatic surge in autism diagnoses
Dec 4, 2025, Mercer: The rise of high-cost autism claims https://www.mercer.com/en-us/insights/us-health-news/the-rise-of-high-cost-autism-claims Autism diagnoses have surged dramatically over the past two decades, and with them the financial impact on employer-sponsored health plans. Claims for individuals with autism may exceed $250,000 year after year, with some now exceeding $1 million annually. For employer health plan sponsors, this trend presents complex challenges that go beyond...
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Dec 6, 2025 ∙ 2 min
(UK) Lincs: Council now forecasts $34M SPED overspend
Dec 4, 2025, Lincolnshire World: Council forecasts £25.8 million [$34M] overspend from special educational needs pressures https://www.lincolnshireworld.com/education/council-forecasts-ps258-million-overspend-from-special-educational-needs-pressures-5430416 Education chiefs now say that they expect to spend more than £25 million over budget on schools in Lincolnshire due to the demand of special educational needs. Members of Lincolnshire County Council’s executive heard that the authority is...
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Dec 6, 2025 ∙ 3 min
(UK) Somerset: $13M/year for SPED transport
Dec 5, 2025, Council spending £10m [$13M] on home to school transport to schools as far away as north Oxfordshire – mapped https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/local-news/council- spending-10m-home-school-10685333.amp A taxi to take a single child to school and back cost £87.50 [$117] to £283.25 [$378] a day last year Bath and North East Somerset Council is spending more than £10m [$13M] a year on home to school transport as it drives children with special educational needs to schools as far...
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