LOOKING FOR ANSWERS TO THE AUTISM EPIDEMIC IN ALL THE WRONG PLACES
I am delighted to welcome Joan Swirsky back to my Blog after a time away nursing a sick husband and daughter. They could not be in better hands as you will discover when you read this amazing exploratory article. They are now on the road to recovery. April is Autism awareness month in America and it is an affliction affecting millions of people worldwide. It would seem todays medical profession has much to explain. Gibber! Gibber! Chugley April 20, 2023 Looking for answers to the autism epidemic in all the wrong places By Joan Swirsky According to the Atlanta-based U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s latest statistics, in 2020 one in 36 children (approximately four percent of boys and one percent of girls) was estimated to have autism spectrum disorder, estimates that are significantly higher than those in all previous years. White children are about 19 percent more likely than black children and 65 percent more likely than Hispanic children to be diagnosed with autism. Experts offer various reasons for the general increase in this condition: The role that being an older parent plays not only in the incidence of autism but also Down syndrome and other developmental disabilities. Genes. “Something” in the environment. The increasing number of vaccines given to infants and children, which today routinely number 16. What is consistently omitted, however, is the role that ultrasound exams during pregnancy may and probably do play not only in this seeming black/white disparity, but in the rapidly escalating incidence of the condition. More about that below. WHAT WE KNOW TODAY Autism is a neurological disorder that affects the normal development of the brain, causing self-defeating behaviors and an inability to form social relationships. It usually appears before the age of three. Most scientists believe that autism is strongly influenced by…