What is reason in the sudden rise of autism?

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Trisha

@-Trishh-

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Posted: 9 years ago

There has been many different ideas on the issue. Some say vaccines, others say chemicals and pollution, and others say it's because of more awareness. What do you think?

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sudesh kumar

@qwertyesque

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Posted: 9 years ago

Marketing gimmick.. its sub serves the economy by creating a permanent treatment and remediation cycle... its a scam...

just like that moron of a doc who recommended that vaccines cause autism and scared the shit out of a generation of ameircans who didnt vaccinate their child.Finally, recently he admitted he was wrong!

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Trisha

@-Trishh-

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Posted: 9 years ago

Originally posted by: qwertyesque
Marketing gimmick.. its sub serves the economy by creating a permanent treatment and remediation cycle... its a scam...
just like that moron of a doc who recommended that vaccines cause autism and scared the shit out of a generation of ameircans who didnt vaccinate their child.

So you are saying autism doesn't exist? Or are you saying there isn't any cause and they are just scaring us?

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souro

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Posted: 9 years ago

Unless there is definitive figures to show that there is indeed a rise in autism and then a study conducted to investigate the reasons behind it, all we can do is speculate.

Here are my 2 cents of speculations:

1. More awareness - both in terms of terminology and occurrence. Earlier all sorts of mental challenges were referred to by somewhat derogatory terms of retarded, abnormal or mentally handicapped. Now we actually know them by names like autism, Down's syndrome, cerebral palsy, etc. Moreover, nowadays information is much more easily available. If a child has autism in Nauru, someone living in Togo will come to know about it.

2. Survival - Earlier child mortality was far higher and obviously chances of children with some handicap are slimmer than healthy children. Now child mortality has gone down worldwide and it continues to improve. Survival of the fittest is less at work now.

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return_to_hades

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Posted: 9 years ago

Better awareness, diagnosis and treatment. Back in the day, Autism would be unnoticed, untreated, misdiagnosed, mistreated or unidentified.

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sudesh kumar

@qwertyesque

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Posted: 9 years ago

Originally posted by: -Trishh-

So you are saying autism doesn't exist? Or are you saying there isn't any cause and they are just scaring us?

By and large no! As in the US no!, it is a proper developmental psychiatric disorder though and should be guaged by qualified doctors not counsellors and paramedics!. Instead of getting the real cases they just into stereotyping apparently slow learners as autistic... If Einstein was born today.. he would have been scarred as autistic and we wouldnt have E=mc2 😊

As long as there is no bio chemical way of measuring presence of autism and that is left only to the Psychologists.. this is going to be scam!!!

Sadly the medical community though veri smart is trapped between pharma companies to try some new medicine.. (eventually to be recalled in a few years :)) insurance companies to align their diagnostic skill and judgemen, apparently an insurance code reader knows better than a doctor...t, lawyers and media to ensure they are not screwed with their lapse in judgement... now to judge some kid as autistic in this situation... think isnt there a good chance as to how impaired their judgement can be...

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Trisha

@-Trishh-

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Posted: 9 years ago

Originally posted by: qwertyesque

By and large no! As in the US no!, it is a proper developmental psychiatric disorder though and should be guaged by qualified doctors not counsellors and paramedics!. Instead of getting the real cases they just into stereotyping apparently slow learners as autistic... If Einstein was born today.. he would have been scarred as autistic and we wouldnt have E=mc2😊

As long as there is no bio chemical way of measuring presence of autism and that is left only to the Psychologists.. this is going to be scam!!!

Sadly the medical community though veri smart is trapped between pharma companies to try some new medicine.. (eventually to be recalled in a few years :)) insurance companies to align their diagnostic skill and judgemen, apparently an insurance code reader knows better than a doctor...t, lawyers and media to ensure they are not screwed with their lapse in judgement... now to judge some kid as autistic in this situation... think isnt there a good chance as to how impaired their judgement can be...

So you are saying autism is over-diagnosed? I also believe this to some extent. Autism is characterized by impaired social interaction, verbal and non-verbal communication. And there might be some kids who do not fully go into these sections, but get the autism diagnosis anyways. I know many parents who accept an over-diagnosis so that they can receive services in school for their child's delays.

But autism is very real. I see a living case right in my home actually that is a high-functioning autistic person. Just because one doesn't look stereotypical autistic, doesn't mean that they aren't autistic. A developmental delay can be a sign of autism...but doesn't necessarily mean that they DO have autism

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sudesh kumar

@qwertyesque

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Posted: 9 years ago

Originally posted by: -Trishh-

So you are saying autism is over-diagnosed? I also believe this to some extent. Autism is characterized by impaired social interaction, verbal and non-verbal communication. And there might be some kids who do not fully go into these sections, but get the autism diagnosis anyways. I know many parents who accept an over-diagnosis so that they can receive services in school for their child's delays.

But autism is very real. I see a living case right in my home actually that is a high-functioning autistic person. Just because one doesn't look stereotypical autistic, doesn't mean that they aren't autistic. A developmental delay can be a sign of autism...but doesn't necessarily mean that they DO have autism

here is my take on Autism. There have been studies to link it to genetics, birth defect, vitamin deficiency and encephalopathy - none of which have been categorically established as possible cause - now couple this with diagnostic procedures - milesstones failures and learning delays!!!??? This is not sufficient to make this as rampant as it is made out to be... I agree Autism is real.. yet quite an exception...thrombosis would be more rampant I would say.

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Posted: 9 years ago

Originally posted by: return_to_hades
Better awareness, diagnosis and treatment. Back in the day, Autism would be unnoticed, untreated, misdiagnosed, mistreated or unidentified.

Totally agree to your point. I still think in India we still don't recognize the Autism spectrum. Families still beat the kids into learning or doing things like all other kids do. If they don't till are looked down up on by the society. Social stigma is still attached to "different" kids.

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