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donsu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 01:31 PM Original message |
are other countries having an epidemic of autism too? |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
1. Here's an article on rising rates of autism in Japan |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 01:38 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Want to read that one when I have a bit more time, thanks for link |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 01:39 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. I didn't do THAT Google search |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 01:42 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. just a question I have had tumbling in my brain for several years now |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 01:40 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Ultrasound? That I hadn't heard before. |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 01:45 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. That's what I would like to know. Seems the jump in one and jump in other |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 01:50 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Correlation is not the same as causation |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-22-06 12:03 AM Response to Reply #10 |
28. Didn't say there was evidence of cause |
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BadgerKid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 01:58 PM Response to Reply #7 |
17. . |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-22-06 12:11 AM Response to Reply #17 |
29. I know that and you know that. Most discoveries were made.... |
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donsu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 01:50 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. thanks for the link - somebody better find out soon what is causing it |
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SmokingJacket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
5. I believe it's all over. nt |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 01:47 PM Response to Original message |
8. Here's a website for parents of autistic children in India |
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donsu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 01:52 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. thanks for link - looks like it is world wide - they better find the source |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
11. Yes it is worldwide |
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savemefromdumbya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
13. Isn't autism due to the vaccines? |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 01:59 PM Original message |
That's one theory, but Japan hasn't used the vaccines in question |
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LunaC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
24. Could mercury be the link? |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 03:39 PM Response to Reply #13 |
27. The med pros I know say that toddlers who are diagnosed w/ |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
14. Could it be that it's diagnosed more nowadays? nt |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
15. Are we? |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
16. I wonder if the real cause is something that people wouldn't want to give up |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 02:05 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. I believe all the pesticides, mercury and hormone enhancers |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-22-06 12:15 AM Response to Reply #16 |
30. I've come to believe our sick kids are the canaries in the coalmine of our lives |
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donsu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-22-06 01:50 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. I agree |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
18. Mostly It's Just More Awareness of Autism |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 02:02 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. I don't know about that |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 02:12 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. OTOH, back in the day the severely autistic were hidden away. |
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China_cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 02:12 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. That's because, until recently, they were shuttled off |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 02:13 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. But even if such children were sent away, you knew that people had them |
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intaglio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 02:31 PM Response to Reply #18 |
25. That Autisms are better diagnosed now |
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Crim_n al (139 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
26. I have hereditary aspergers, as do many others in my family. |
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Kelly Rupert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-22-06 01:53 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. As do I, and I agree that the cause is most likely increased detection. |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-22-06 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
33. Is this strange? |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-22-06 03:23 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. There have been a number of twin studies |
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