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To: rubbertramp
These children will grow to be adults who do not communicate. Our tax money will pay for these children's needs.

"Between December 1999 and December 2000, requests for special education services for children with autism went up 25 percent."

-- Congressman Dan Burton speaking at the April, 2001 hearings on autism

That's in ONE YEAR.  And it's a lot more than that.  It's a lifetime of social services for those afflicted with this.

The taxpayers are going to have another trillion dollar problem on their hands if some honest answers aren't produced about what's causing this EPIDEMIC..

84 posted on 08/24/2002 7:32:40 AM PDT by Al B.
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To: Al B.
The increase in autism was due to wider redefinition of autism in the last ten years.
90 posted on 08/25/2002 1:27:46 AM PDT by bonesmccoy
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