These mums have courage and intelligence to spare and they regularly show, through their blog, just why they are fighting so hard for their kids. Today, the mother of an autistic child discusses why she doesn’t care about what so many in today’s shallow society think is vitally important (but isn’t). And what really IS important in her world. A world shared – according to the latest figures – by the families of 1 child in 20. One in twenty. Keep that in mind as you go through your daily life. One child in twenty in the US is now on the autistic spectrum. When will the government and medical community admit that vaccinations and antibiotics have been largely responsible for this epidemic?
You say:
‘One child in twenty in the US is now on the autistic spectrum. When will the government and medical community admit that vaccinations and antibiotics have been largely responsible for this epidemic?’
I say:
Probably never since the statistics don’t even begin to support your claim.
http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/autism/data.html
Sian – the current official statistic in the US is that 1 child in 88 is autistic. Since the CDC acknowledges that the rate of autism is increasing by 12% a year and since that 1 in 88 figure is based on children born in the year 2000, the current risk is 1 child in 20. So do you still claim that the statistics don’t support my ‘claim’? I put the word claim in quotes because it isn’t a claim – it is fact extrapolated from government data.
Now that I’ve answered your question here, how about going back to our Facebook page and responding to my questions of you there?
I would love to see the calculations to support that figure.
In view of your above assertion, in which year should we expect 100% of the population to be on the autistic spectrum?
Sian, can’t you work out the maths yourself? Investigate this issue instead of turning a blind eye. You vaccinate children for a living – are you following the code of firstly, do no harm?
Meryl -
The prevalence fell by 1.5% in 2000-2002, increased by 21.2% in 2002-2004, 12% in 2004-2006, and 25.5% in 2006-2008. Clearly we need more data and more recent data as well – four points of data is hardly enough.
I don’t see any evidence for the 1 in 20 figure. I don’t know why you expect us to bring the evidence to the party when you are the one making the claim that a problem exists.
The 1 in 20 figure is based on the US estimate of 1 in 88 in 2000. I explained this earlier. If you have an issue with this, please let me know what it is.
Antibiotics cause autism? I didn’t know that.
Should I, as a precaution, refuse antibiotics for my child?
What do you recommend?
Hi Chris,
I recommend you become informed about these issues, do your research and make your own decision after speaking with a range of health professionals and reading a broad range of literature. Actually, that advice would be good for any issue you come across in your lifetime. Make informed decisions and ask lots of questions / do lots of research before doing them. Oh, and don’t take anyone’s word for what you should do – not mine – and not your doctor’s – make your own mind up. Become a REAL sceptic – not a pseudo-sceptic.