[SantaLuz]

Sans this connection what does the medical community give as possible explanations for the enormous increase in number of Autistic children? I haven't seen any given yet. With all the massive amounts of medical data out there you'd think there would be some clues...

[jalisco555]

I’m not an expert on autism but I suspect that changing definitions of the disease play a big role.

[Tax-chick]

Many observers note that the “enormous increase in the number of Autistic children” coincided with the enormous expansion of the definition of “autism,” which now means, “any behavior an observer finds peculiar or annoying.”

[kruss3]

FYI, The data is nearly conclusive. Children of Nigerian blacks living in Sweden suffer 200 times the incidence (15% are autistic) of autism in native Swedes. The explanation is: massive vitamin d deficiency in utero and postnatal, food allergies to wheat gluten and bovine milk proteins.