Posted on 03/27/2014 12:12:50 PM PDT by Star Traveler
One in 68 children has autism, a 30 percent rise over the last estimate released in 2012, US health authorities said Thursday.
The latest US data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that the "proportion of children with autism and higher IQ (is) on the rise," said a CDC statement.
Previously, as many as one in 88 US children were known to have autism spectrum disorder, or ASD, a developmental disorder that recent research suggests may originate in the womb.
"This new estimate is roughly 30 percent higher than previous estimates reported in 2012 of 1 in 88 children (11.3 per 1,000 eight year olds) being identified with an autism spectrum disorder," said the CDC. The findings were based on diagnoses of eight-year-olds at 11 US sites in 2010.
The prevalence of autism varied widely, from one in 175 children in Alabama to one in 45 children in New Jersey.
The data continued to show that autism is five times more common in boys than in girls. In the United States, one in 42 boys is diagnosed with autism, compared to one in 189 girls.
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I have friends with a low-functioning Autistic child, and it can be tough. It’s also manageable, so long as both parents accept that this is going to be a major part of their lives.
“...still hasn’t spoken one word (he babbles). He can carry a tune and sing it back - “in tune”...”
That is interesting. Does he have the classic symtoms of autism?
If 1 in 68 kids really has autism, then I’m a monkey’s uncle. I think this is a product of at least 2 factors: first, the ever-broadening of the definition of “autism” to include behaviors within the normal range of variation, and second, an increase in misdiagnoses, possibly brought on by pressure from schools or parents.
There could also be a legitimate increase due to environmental factors or something like that, but without controlling for the two things I mentioned, nobody can know if that is the case or not.
I still would look at the whole vaccination thing. I didn’t vaccinate, and neither did my daughter. Wouldn’t trust it for a minute.
I wonder if there is any correlation between the age of the mother and the occurrence of autism.
After all, women are waiting longer and longer to have kids.
“Wouldn’t trust it for a minute.”
Sad for your children that you are gullible enough to believe crap you read on the Internet and let your children suffer risks of diseases totally curable.
“If 1 in 68 kids really has autism, then I’m a monkey’s uncle.”
Same here. If a child doesn’t sit still for hours on end like a brain dead zombie these pinheads claim their child has a problem and needs to be drugged.
“and second, an increase in misdiagnoses, possibly brought on by pressure from schools or parents”
Third, if you child is diagnosed with autism, you get social security benefits for that child.
150 years ago women regularly had kids in their 40’s. They had kids till the kids just stopped showing up.
Having kids in your 40’s is definitely not a new thing. Look up your own family tree if you don’t believe me. It was quite common, especially in rural families for women to have kids beginning in their mid/late teens every 18m-2y until they were in their mid 40’s.
Actually, they’ve found it’s more the age of the father, than the mother. Older dads tend to have a higher incident of autistic kids. But, your point about people waiting longer to have children remains valid.
Chemtrails. :-)
While autism is real, the diagnosis increases are bull$hit. It ranks right up there with ADD, ADHD, and all that crap that is running rampant. The medical profession has joined the globull warming tactics to fatten up their wallets.
Yes, it is a major concern and thus far no answers which is very troubling, particularly concerning the billions of dollars we spend on research.
I keep thinking that it has to have something to do with all the shots we give babies now and additives in their formula and food - way more than when mine were small. Mine had only DPT and polio, drank raw milk and ate food which we grew on our farm. My prayers for you and for your little one as you try to find answers.
The increasing prevalence of autism quite confusing and worrying. You know what I predict, I would not be surprised if people become begin to think that perhaps 70% or more Generation X and younger people have somehow aquired chromosomal damage. Further studies make imply that older people, those now age 50 and over do not show this damage to the mitochondria of outer layer of the cell walls, nor do they (we) show an upsurge of DNA that science has never named or figured uses for. What may this lead to? More stem cell treatments, more cellular cloning from older ‘untainted’ human’s. Suddenly, it will become quite profitable just to be an old person in relatively good health. Laws will be written to allow people to sell their genetic material under a copyright. So much is possible today through the hard sciences, that we shouldn’t dismiss unusual ideas.
I don’t remember “autism” being an issue when I was in elementary school in the 60s. I remember there were “weird kids” (actually, I was one of them). And maybe I would have been considered “on the spectrum” today. I don’t know. My 4th grade teacher told my parents to be resigned to the fact that I was going to have a lopsided education, since I would not do things I was not interested in or saw the need for. I thought I was just a stubborn argumentative little s***.
I also don’t recall ADD or ADHD being an issue either. Yes, there were kids considered “hyper.” But I think that has more to do with the behavior that was expected of kids, and the consequences of not meeting those expectations.
But it seems to me there is something altogether different today.
There are two possibilities behind increased diagnoses, both of which probably apply to some extent.
More children are being diagnosed simply because disorders that were ignored in the past are now being recognized.
The financial and emotional advantages of having an autistic child are influencing those making the diagnosis.
He’s been diagnosed by a specialist, and diagnosed early - at one year old, so he’s has intervention and help all along. He was in the SoonerStart/Early Intervention program.
Have you read anything on nutrition / gut flora such as Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride’s research?
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