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AlphaCentauri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 10:36 PM Original message |
Study: 1 in 110 U.S. children had autism in 2006 |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 10:37 PM Response to Original message |
1. Or Pharma. nt |
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Bozita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 10:51 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. maybe pharma in the drinking water? |
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ananda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 11:47 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Good question. |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 07:34 AM Response to Reply #2 |
19. I have wondered about environmental factors, things which might take generations to show up. |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 12:07 PM Response to Reply #2 |
24. Or phama wants more kids to take more meds so has more kids diagnosed with more illnesses. nt |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 10:00 AM Response to Reply #2 |
58. My first guess would be the Milk. Milk is a primary source needed for seratonin production and |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 10:54 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Ladies and gentlemen, I present yet another sad case of |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 10:55 PM Response to Original message |
4. I blame the Thimerosal that's no longer in infants' vaccines |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 03:27 PM Response to Reply #4 |
34. ... |
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MickeyFinne (29 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 06:58 PM Response to Reply #4 |
50. Wrong: Thimerosal is actually STILL used in flu vaccines |
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lostnfound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 09:26 AM Response to Reply #50 |
55. And didn't the govt recommend TWO doses for kids under 8. nt |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 09:58 AM Response to Reply #50 |
57. Flu vaccines are not routinely given to infants in the UK... |
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Tumbulu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 11:31 PM Response to Original message |
5. rear facing car seats for infants so they do not interact |
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ananda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 11:45 PM Response to Original message |
6. Those numbers are astounding. |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 11:54 PM Response to Original message |
8. Too much TV, too many DVDs for baby. |
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Jefferson23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 12:24 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Too much tv has nothing to do with the cause of autism. |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 06:18 AM Response to Reply #8 |
16. The neurological differences present in autistic disorders... |
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Scairp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 06:15 PM Response to Reply #16 |
36. That I don't believe |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 06:57 PM Response to Reply #36 |
43. There are symptoms, they just are not obvious before 18 months. |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 07:04 PM Response to Reply #36 |
46. You may not believe it, but...unless you're a neurologist, then your opinion is worthless. |
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Scairp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 06:38 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. WELL |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 09:53 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. 6 months. |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 10:51 PM Response to Reply #49 |
53. I'm sorry, but you are very much wrong |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 04:12 AM Response to Reply #36 |
48. Firstly it is not the case that most autistic children develop normally and then regress |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 09:19 AM Response to Reply #48 |
54. I've tried to point that out to the anti-vax nuts, never works. |
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Jefferson23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 12:12 AM Response to Original message |
9. If there is a genetic link how would that explain the high increase I wonder. |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 07:36 AM Response to Reply #9 |
20. Because Women Who Carry Genetic Risk Are Getting to Procreate With Male Carriers/Sufferers |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 12:53 AM Response to Original message |
11. Maybe they have changed diagnosis standards? |
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tonysam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 12:55 PM Response to Reply #11 |
29. Yep. That's the only thing that truly explains it. |
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Ka hrnt (235 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 03:25 PM Response to Reply #11 |
33. Yup. |
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asdfa88550 (11 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 12:57 AM Response to Original message |
12. appaling figures |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 06:58 PM Response to Reply #12 |
44. Take your bigotry and shove it. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 03:54 AM Response to Reply #12 |
47. TS'd trolls like you are "appaling" |
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chollybocker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 01:42 AM Response to Original message |
13. Way to refute your own argument. |
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ozymandius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 07:40 AM Response to Reply #13 |
21. My thought too re: diagnosis. |
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tonysam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 12:59 PM Response to Reply #21 |
30. And perhaps having less stigma than a child being labeled as |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 06:48 PM Response to Reply #30 |
41. Most autistic people are NOT mentally retarded. |
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ozymandius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 07:00 PM Response to Reply #30 |
45. I disagree but respectfully understand your position. |
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Dulcinea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 05:44 AM Response to Original message |
14. It may be at least partially environmental. |
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Frank Cannon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 07:53 AM Response to Reply #14 |
22. This, I believe, is the 300-pound gorilla in the room |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 06:11 AM Response to Original message |
15. They mean 'were autistic', not 'had autism'. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 12:41 PM Response to Reply #15 |
26. Good post. I "am Autistic", I don't "have" Autism. |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 06:17 PM Response to Reply #26 |
37. "I'll have the autism, please, and a side of fries." |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 06:46 AM Response to Original message |
17. Shirley Muldowney |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 07:13 AM Response to Original message |
18. And 1 in 100 adults in the UK have autism, if the same criteria are used as for children |
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Jefferson23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 08:51 AM Response to Reply #18 |
23. If you are familiar with families who have children with autism, do you |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 05:36 PM Response to Reply #23 |
35. In the UK, services for people with autism are seen more as an issue for educational and social |
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Jefferson23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 06:17 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. Autism is defined here as a neurological disorder too, not an illness, it sounds |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
25. More of us are just getting diagnosed, there is no epidemic. |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 12:46 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Bingo. |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
28. Its much higher than this. Its 80 out of 100 at least... |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
31. or a related less serious condition ie asbergers or other |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 06:47 PM Response to Reply #31 |
40. Asperger's is just a type of autism. |
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tova (13 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
32. autism |
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AlphaCentauri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 06:31 PM Response to Reply #32 |
39. Maybe ultrasound test could affect the cells in their early development |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 06:53 PM Response to Original message |
42. "some children may be given the autism label without meeting the actual case definition" BINGO! |
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Bearware (64 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
52. A lot of the increase in probably due to autoimmune forms of Autism |
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dugaresa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 09:57 AM Response to Original message |
56. i think that people are more aware of issues than they used to be |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 10:07 AM Response to Reply #56 |
59. They've been labeling in right for about 30 years now though. |
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cpompilo (125 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
60. At the risk of getting flamed (again): |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 12:06 PM Response to Reply #60 |
62. Advise those who are grasping at straws |
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61. DO NOT eat at OLIVE GARDEN while pregnant |
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