Aug 26 2008
An Explanation I Can Understand
Chris at A Free Man has written one of the few posts that you should definitely read!) about the causes behind autism that balances technical information with plain English. I usually have a hard time digesting scientific information - it makes my eyes blur and my brain shuts down, but this is an excellent and informative post, easily understood.
The bottom line:
“Most evidence supports that genetics plays the dominant role, but if in fact the frequency of autism is rising, then there are very likely some compounds in our environment that play a role.”
This seems to suggest something important to me. Things like vaccines and diet, since they are environmental, they may help to mitigate autism, but I don’t see how they can erase it. The conclusions presented by Chris have pretty far-reaching implications for the entire biomedical movement, too. Lots to consider in terms of finally moving forward with trying to work with those children and adults who have been diagnosed. Maybe now more energy can be spent looking at that instead of just at causes.
Autism rates may be rising or our ability to diagnose autism may be. Either way, we definitely need to look at these vaccines more closely.