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One in 36 (2.8%) 8-year-old children — 4% of boys and 1% of girls — have an autism spectrum disorder (ASD), based on an analysis of data from 2020, published today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
One in 36 (2.8%) 8-year-old children — 4% of boys and 1% of girls — have an autism spectrum disorder (ASD), based on an analysis of data from 2020, published today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The latest findings, reported in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, show an increase from the last report, which found 1 in 44 8-year-olds (2.3%) had autism in 2018.
Since the CDC started collecting the data, prevalence estimates have skyrocketed from 1 in 150 in 2000, to today’s estimate of 1 in 36 children.
The trend has persisted for decades. Autism prevalence in the 1990s, which was 1 in 1,000 children, already represented a tenfold increase over the condition’s estimated prevalence in the 1970s.
Commenting on today’s report, Mark Blaxill, from the Executive Leadership Team at Health Choice, told The Defender:
“As the American culture wars have intensified, the harsh reality of the autism epidemic has been tucked away into obscurity as attention has turned to a whole new set of health concerns.
“Today’s new report from the CDC’s ADDM [Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring] Network places the latest ASD rate at 1 in 36 children born in 2012, but that’s not even the largest number out there (a recent survey using NHIS data reported a rate of 1 in 29 children in 2020).”
A second CDC report on 4-year-old children, also released today, emphasized that in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, 4-year-old children were less likely to be evaluated for or identified with ASD than 8-year-olds of the same age.
Prior to the pandemic, 4-year-old children were diagnosed with autism at even higher rates than the 8-year-old cohort.
For the first time since the CDC began doing these studies, both studies found autism prevalence was higher among Black, Hispanic and Asian/Pacific Islander children than among White and biracial children. ASD prevalence among these groups increased 30% between 2018 and 2020.
The prevalence report suggested these numbers “might reflect improved screening, awareness, and access to services among historically underserved groups.”
Commenting on the CDC’s assertion that children of color have higher rates of autism than white children because of improved screening and awareness, Sallie Bernard, co-founder and board president of SafeMinds, told The Defender:
“That does not explain why their rate is higher than white children. As a group, no racial or ethnic minority here gets better assessment and diagnosis than white children, so to explain the disparity in the rate now as due to better assessment for minorities is just ludicrous.”
Conclusory statements attributing growth in autism numbers to “more awareness and a wider ability of services” is part of a long-term trend among public health officials and the media.
Most autistic children were found to either have an intellectual disability (37.9%) or to be on the borderline for having one (23.5%).
Black children with autism were far more likely than white children to have a co-occurring intellectual disability, which the report said might stem from “underascertainment of ASD among Black children without intellectual disability.”
The recommendation for “public health action” is to develop “enhanced infrastructure to provide equitable diagnostic, treatment, and support services for all children with ASD.”
Bernard agreed that there is a need for greater infrastructure and support. “The services and supports have been lacking forever. And now if you have a four-fold increase [in ASD], it is going to be four times worse,” she said.
She added:
“Now they’ve diagnosed that Black children have such a high rate of intellectual disability and borderline intellectual disability. That’s a group of people with autism that have the toughest time in life. For families, it’s so hard. And so they absolutely need more attention.
“But it doesn’t explain the social determinants of health. For that, we need environmental justice. You have to ask what are they exposed to?”
But the report makes no comment on the causes of autism, nor does it offer an explanation for the rising rates beyond increased testing.
The Defender asked Bernard whether she thought better testing could be driving the trends. She said:
“There’s been this implication that what’s driving the rates is the [ASD diagnosis] of the lower support needs individuals, that we used to call Asperger’s. Or that perhaps it is the folks who were really really impacted and have very profound intellectual disability that’s driving the trends. Or, now, that there is better detection among racial and ethnic minorities that have been marginalized.
“But when you look at the trends, no matter how you break it down, autism is rising in all of these groups and it has been since they started taking the data 20 years ago.
“It’s hard to believe that when the experts went out and did their epidemiology studies and found lower rates in the past that they would have missed out on 3 of 4 kids on the spectrum.”
Toby Rogers, Ph.D., had this to say about the CDC’s claims that better testing is behind the growing number of autism cases:
“The unwillingness of the CDC to even ask why these numbers are increasing is a massive ‘poker tell’ that they know but are prohibited from talking about it.
“Two high-quality, multi-million dollar studies in California (Byrd et al., 2002; Hertz-Picciotto and Delwiche, 2009) both concluded that better awareness, changes in diagnostic criteria and earlier age of diagnosis only explain a small fraction of the rise in autism.
“The authors of these studies urged public health officials to place greater emphasis on researching the toxicants that might be driving the increase in autism prevalence. [For a longer discussion of these studies please see Rogers, 2019.] The fact that the CDC is still refusing to properly investigate autism causation is outrageous.”
Bernard said we need to search for other explanations for this increase.
“There are many studies suggesting that something in our environment is driving the increase in autism, and that’s where we need to focus our attention,” she said.
As autism rates skyrocketed among U.S. children over the past several decades, along with concern among parents, much research has turned to investigate the role of environmental risk factors in compounding underlying diverse genetic factors.
Environmental risk factors include metals like aluminum and mercury in vaccines, glyphosate exposure, use of acetaminophen during pregnancy and infancy, heavy metals in baby food and other organic environmental pollutants.
Studies also link industrial chemicals, such as lead, arsenic, copper, selenium, iron and magnesium, to the disorder.
Despite growing evidence that environmental factors may play a role in the development of ASD, the CDC did not investigate environmental exposures as a potential cause.
According to Blaxill:
“No one asks the obvious questions: Why are so many children sick? What is this all going to cost? Who will take care of these children when their parents are gone?
“And of course there are the related questions: What are these people thinking and how do they go to sleep at night? I wish I knew.”
Higher rates of autism: ‘encouraging patterns?’
The ADDM study on prevalence among 8-year-olds is the CDC’s standard for estimating autism rates. It uses the ADDM Network to estimate the number of children with ASD and other developmental disabilities living in different areas of the U.S.
The CDC established the ADDM Network in 2000. It tracks rates of autism in 8-year-old children by analyzing education, medical and service provider records. It releases reports every two years.
The first ADDM Network site was in Georgia. The study released today includes research sites in Arizona, Arkansas, California, Georgia, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, Tennessee, Utah and Wisconsin.
The report found autism prevalence rates vary widely geographically, with the lowest rates in Maryland and the highest rates in California.
The early ADDM Report analyzes autism diagnoses for 4-year-old children among the same network sites. It reported that rates also varied substantially by location, and attributed higher rates of autism diagnoses among 4-year-olds than 8-year-olds to higher diagnosis rates.
According to the report:
“From 2016 through 2020, children aged 4 years mostly had a pattern of more evaluations and identifications than the cohort aged 8 years had from 2012 through 2016, until the pandemic onset in March of 2020 when the pattern reversed. …
“In 2020, higher cumulative incidence of ASD by age 48 months among children aged 4 years compared with children aged 8 years was seen at all sites, indicating improvements in early identification of ASD.”
The report emphasized that COVID-19 pandemic measures disrupted evaluations and treatments and recommended “public health action” include communities evaluating the impact of disruptions to services due to public health emergencies more generally.
The authors called the consistent increases in diagnoses among 4-year-olds over the past several years “encouraging patterns,” because they said they indicated better diagnosis.
The major concern raised in this report was that during the pandemic, these numbers dropped.
Big Pharma has its eye on rising autism rates in the U.S. and across the world. A series of reports published over the last 12 months predicted massive growth in the ASD treatment industry over the next several years due to rising global rates of autism and increasing investment in pharmaceutical research and development.
Commenting on the regulatory and other failures that brought autism rates to this point, Rogers told The Defender:
“The CDC, FDA and NIH have all failed. Their leadership should be sacked, arrested and prosecuted for crimes against humanity.
“We absolutely know how to stop the autism epidemic — keep toxic substances out of kids’ bodies. Toxic substances known to increase the risk of developing autism include mercury, ingredients in plastics and fire retardants, pesticides and herbicides, EMF/RFR, and pharmaceuticals (Tylenol, SSRIs and vaccines).
“Autism is not a scientific mystery. The autism epidemic is largely the result of bad laws, regulatory capture, and the CDC childhood vaccine schedule.”
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Never ever have your kid vaxxinated for anything until they are old enough to walk, talk, form opinions and have a sense of humor.
Never ever have your kid vaccinated for anything… full stop.
Sorta related:
Never heard of the word until I was in my late thirties.
Never knew single human being with this diagnosis until after 2000 and then it was only through a friend of my wife who ran a business treating them. At that point it was extremely rare, according to a person who made a living dealing with it. Now it’s 1 in 36?
A libtard witch niece had a fine , normal baby boy, but against the wishes of her mother, she opted in for every toxic jab the infant was eligible to receive, starting at birth and the boy was developing normally for awhile, then all of a sudden, for no apparent reason, severe autism struck him down.
Now, thanks to his evil mother and an even more evil health care system, his life is effectively over before it even began.
FUCK A MD!!! A pox on them all.
They can cure a pox. Drop a fucking house on ’em.
Just because GOD is in the business of redeeming lost souls, don’t ever make the mistake of thinking He’s not Angry about the evil that has destroyed so many beautiful innocent lives from conception on.
There will be Judgment.
Inescapable Judgment.
We been waiting a couple of thousand of years now. Death is a judgement that comes to us all.
Death is not the Judgment. Think of it as a pre-trial fine. Or the price of admission to The Big Show…which is ironic because you’re actually paying to be in the show. You’re just not the director.
Same cause as the “died suddenly ” they won’t investigate – dangerous injections.
We all grew up around autists in the 60s, 70s, and 80s. Parents only get diagnosed when their children are diagnosed. Older Aspies have learned to cope. Everything is a federal case today.
If stupid could fly, you’d be a Jet.
It’s the vaccines stupid…
” It’s ALL the vaccines stupid”
FIFY…
and the COVaxecution ain’t a real vaccine either….
Recently, our town was negotiating next year’s school budget. Turns out that the proportion of “high needs children” went up from 23% to 29%. It is defined by meeting 1 of 3 criteria: 1) low income, 2) English language learners (as defined as a child that speaks a language other than English at home, regardless of English proficiency. So my children would qualify, although they speak excellent English and have a better vocabulary than me) and 3) having “special needs”/carrying a diagnosis of some sorts.
The proportion of high needs children determines state funding for the schools.
While I do think that autism exists, I think the bar for a diagnosis has been put on the floor so that some who carry a diagnosis merely represent the edges of normal.
I think that’s why they changed it to “on the spectrum”. By their definition, I would have been diagnosed as “on the spectrum”. I always had trouble staying focused and would end up staring out the window. It came up over and over in parent/teacher conferences. They don’t use the term Asberger’s anymore. It’s just “on the spectrum”.
My 6 yr old niece was diagnosed as “on the spectrum”. My sis-in-law (my husband’s sister) was warned by her husband’s brother and sister-in-law not to vaccinate her when she was born. They gave them the movie Vaxxed but it didn’t help. Now she’s never giving her another vaccination again. Her only symptoms are loud noise sensitivity and OCD with how her room is arranged. It doesn’t seem to affect her ability to attend school. My sis-in-law was lucky it wasn’t worse. But they think they need to spend $800 a month on counseling.
My cousin died at age 28 after dealing with a lifetime of Asbergers that began as a toddler. Not suicide but weekend binge type alcoholism and an inability for his liver to process alcohol properly.
The problem is when there is govt involved financing and no accountability.
Several mindsets at play. The administrators know that if they don’t squander last years budget and more, then they can’t ask for an increase in funding. The quest is ALWAYS to get more funding than you had the previous year so they look for sneaky ways of getting that extra money.
The govt says it will fund the administrations and puts restrictions that a catatonic person could circumvent. Then the administrations, with little efforts, manage to find all those meeting the requirements. Then special programs are made up, more staffing for administrations so they can manage the increased teaching staff, etc etc etc.
The solutions, either vouchers or homeschooling. Get govt and irresponsible administrations out of the mix. If parents are locked into public schooling, for a host of reasons, then they should be allowed to put the money that best suits their needs and morals. Pretty sure these woke freak shows will disappear real quick. Money talks
Exactly.
Over here, they all have their knickers in a twist because enrollment is down across all grade levels. They will have only 3 Kindergarten classrooms this year versus 5. I sit and see their retarded school committee meetings lasting 4.5 hours and then I don’t miss an opportunity to tell every parent I meet how wonderful our homeschool lifestyle is, how the kids love sleeping in, studying in peace and quiet on topics of their choosing, how we ski on Thursdays after a snowstorm and go on vacation in May if we want. The fact that it contributes to the collapse of the system is a nice side effect.
I don’t think vouchers are the answer though. Every time government gives you something, it comes with strings attached.
Book tip: “Battle for the American Mind: Uprooting a century of miseducation” by Pete Hegseth
I agree there are solutions to fixing the problems. I think the vouchers route would be more acceptable to those not wanting to do a lot of effort towards fixing the problems.
I think we have a thorough understanding today that people given a handout by the govt, don’t care about strings or consequences. Imo, the vouchers would serve a much better way forward, get more people on board and go a long way towards eliminating these family hostile environments. Again, imo, ANY way forward away from the current system in place would be beneficial.
I haven’t read the book you posted so haven’t a clue of the premise.
+++++++ there are always government strings attached. Like the vouchers can only be used in a government approved school.
Perhaps you didn’t understand what I said.
ANY way forward away from the current system in place would be beneficial.
So because there will be strings we shouldn’t move at all, this what you are saying??? Please explain a better system that would reasonably get the sheep to move in a desired direction.
It seems to be the pattern of the critics to shoot down ideas but they never offer any reasonable counter solutions. Why is that?
My school system floated a bond to build aa80 million dollar high school in 2020. The cost has ballooned to a60 million today. Surprise !! everyone responsible has moved on. They either resigned or retired.
The only thing a school budget tells you is how much they are lying and stealing.
Vote NO on any proposal by the school board.
It is the Francis Howell School System in Missouri.
They target our children and we do nothing, what the fuck is wrong with us?
That targeting begins before they’re born … Roe v Wade took care of that … more than 65 million and counting …
Most of Boobus Americanus is fat, lazy and drinks beer while watching nigger ball. The communists know and count on that.
All about vaxes’ connection to autism and other diseases, and deep state’s involvement:
Dr. Mary’s Monkey: How the Unsolved Murder of a Doctor, a Secret Laboratory in New Orleans and Cancer-Causing Monkey Viruses Are Linked to Lee Harvey … Assassination and Emerging Global Epidemics
https://spartacus-educational.com/JFKhaslamE.htm
https://spartacus-educational.com/JFKbakerJ.htm
Dr. Mary’s Monkey is available here …
https://www.pdfdrive.com/dr-marys-monkey-how-the-unsolved-murder-of-a-doctor-a-secret-laboratory-in-new-orleans-and-cancer-causing-monkey-viruses-are-linked-to-lee-harvey-assassination-and-emerging-global-epidemics-d174514628.html
News flash:
Everyone’s on the spectrum. Everyone.
Do you have any kind of sensitivities? Can you hyper focus when something is really interesting to you? Anything about the world and others annoy you? Do you sometimes feel like you’re on a different planet? Do you have strengths in a particular area? Do you have any weaknesses? Are some people difficult to communicate with in your opinion? Is this world challenging to you?
Congrats. You’re on the spectrum.
Everyone’s on the spectrum.
Doctor is asking if vaccines kills gut bacteria , and that may be a cause of Autism.
Covid-19 vaccine suspect as well for long term damage.
Dr. Sabine Hazan on the Alarming Damage Observed in GI Bacteria Post-Vaccination
“Their bifidobacteria dropped to like zero—from like a million to like zero…There was a persistence in the damage, not only 90 days but 6-9 months later.”
@JanJekielek
@SabinehazanMD
@TheChiefNerd
“Most autistic children were found to either have an intellectual disability (37.9%) or to be on the borderline for having one (23.5%)”
Ha ha. Most people have an intellectual disability! Have you seen the world today?? Even some commenters here have an intellectual disability! Don’t worry – I won’t name names.
Even *I* have an intellectual disability. I have dyscalculia – like dyslexia but with numbers. I see numbers & they get jumbled up in my mind. Guess that makes me autistic.
What bullshit.
oh oh pick me pick me.
brian…I was trying my best not to out you.
Why thank you for your support.
Do I get a trophy or sumthin?
That’s some sweet physiognomy you got going on there. Call me.
Weeeelll I ain’t fall’n for that call me trick agin.
I called that 900 number you gave me fo a week and run me outta money.
Pfizer needs to develop a shot for autism. That would take care of the problem, right?
They did. Can’t have kids? Then they won’t have autism.
Pure speculation, because I can recognize some ‘spectrum’ behavior but haven’t really met anyone I would call full blown autistic. Are more People of Color getting diagnosed because something is affecting them, or because they naturally have more retards and it’s easier to put them in the autistic box.
The IQ cutoff for retardation was shifted downward, 50% of african americans used to qualify.
The love of money is the root of all evil. Following the money trail will tell us more thn scientific research into the causes.
Following a post under Twatter hashtag #SpikeProtein I found this. Some compounds may reverse some Autism symptoms. Had no idea. Talk to the Docs about it. Seems trials are underway. Good Luck.
“Further afield I’ve found some parents reporting benefits from these supplements for their autistic children:”
” I was desperate, and I gave her one capsule, 150mg, of Sytrinol. Within minutes, behavior returned to normal. One hour later, she became happy and began engaging and playing with me. Two hours later, wanted to do class with me and did her toughest one, reading. Did it excellently as well. ”
Full Link.
forums.phoenixrising.me/threads/potential-suramin-alternatives-sytrinol-and-kudzu-anti-purinergic-therapy.52427/