What is needed to bring change?

WHAT IS NEEDED…

  • More vocational training programs.

  • Safe spaces for interaction, to improve social skill and behavioral development, following models, such as the Boy’s and Girl’s Clubs.

  • Courses teaching independent living skills, i.e., cooking, cleaning, banking. Bring back to high school classes: home economics, life skills, vocational training.

This is a beginning…

 
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According to the American Psychiatric Association:

  • Neuropsychiatric disorders attribute for over 10% of the global burden of disease.

According to the World Health Organization:

  • 1 in 13 globally suffer from anxiety which is the most common of mental disorders.

  • Major anxiety disorders include major depression, social phobia, and specific phobia.

According to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, a nonprofit organization:

  • 40 million adults in the United States age 18 and older are affected by anxiety disorders.

  • Many people with an anxiety disorder also have a co-occurring disorder or physical illness.

  • Anxiety disorders affect 25.1% of children between 13 and 18 years old.

According to Autism Speaks:

  • Autism affects 1 in 59 children.

  • Boys are about 4 times more likely than girls to have autism.

  • For most, autism is a lifelong condition.

  • Each year, an estimated 50,000 teens with autism become adults- and lose school-based autism services.

  • Certain medical and mental health issues frequently accompany autism such as GI disorders, seizures, sleep disturbances, ADHD, anxiety, depression and [OCD].

Sandra Stern