Autism Epidemic, you heard it here first...

Posted by $ Abaco 6 years, 1 month ago to Science
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Hi fellow Gulchers. I wanted to pass an observation on to you. As some of you know, I have some involvement in autism. For many years I have watched the mainstream media and government/health organizations whitewash the epidemic. I don't know why they do it. But, from my perspective from time spent in research it's been a nagging irritant - something I never bothered to dig too far into. But, over the past year I have noticed something rather alarming. When I go to my neighborhood park playground and look at the kids there I see it. It is not an exaggeration to say that at least 1/3 of the boys playing there are severely impacted, diagnosed with autism. Sometimes it's as high as 2/3. Just last week I was at a "gender reveal" party for a friend of ours and 2/3 of the boys there were clearly stricken. I was first grabbed by the scope of this epidemic when, a decade ago, I took two random population samples and, in both cases, found that 1/19 of the children were on the spectrum, diagnosed. At that time, they were reporting it was no worse than 1/65. I did chart the numbers I was seeing and recently heard a mathematician repeat what I was seeing. In little more than a decade, half of the babies born at that time will end up on the spectrum given the rates we're seeing. 85% of the boys will be affected. Be cognizant of what is going on here. Learn what you can, because this tsunami is headed this way.


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