Why Are We Ignoring The Coming Autism Avalanche? – OpEd

By Pennel Bird*

Back in the year 2000 at the dawn of the new millennium, as Y2K fears faded to thin transparencies in the cultural rear-view mirror – one in 150 children were diagnosed with an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).

A mere 16 years later – during an election year in which a reality TV show host quaked the...