You may have all heard about the recent study published bu the CDC about Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). They said that the prevalence is very high - 1 in 68.
There are several reasons for this high incidence. Aside form more recognition, ASD includes many disabilities not usually considered autism:
Emotional disturbance
Specific learning disability
Speech or language impairment
Hearing or visual impairment
Health or physical disability
Multiple disabilities
Intellectual disability
Developmental delay /preschool
However all these children, including the ones with traditional autism have disabilities; ranging from minor to profound.
We need to find reasons for the development of these disabilities.
Just a note about vaccinations. This has been proven many times NOT to be a cause. Indeed the original researcher has lost his license since he intentionally skewed the data. If more than 5% of the population decides to decrease or stop vaccinations, the discussion of autism will pale against the health implications of blindness, meningitis and retardation, sterility, deaths, and paralysis from the childhood diseases we are preventing.
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