The following is an excerpt from The Vaccine Reaction.
A new study published in the journal JAMA Pediatrics found that the number of children and adolescents diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in the United States has risen to 1 in 30.
The study, which was conducted by public health researchers at Guandong Pharmaceutical University in China, looked at data from the annual National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) maintained by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
It estimated there was a 52 percent increase in ASD diagnoses among children and adolescents in the U.S. during 2017-2020.
Using data from the NHIS, 2.46 percent of children and adolescents in the U.S. were diagnosed with ASD.
By 2016, this had increased to 2.76 percent, then it declined to 2.29 percent in 2017. As of 2020, the number was up noticeably to 3.49 percent.
The 1 in 30 figure also represents a marked increase when compared to last year’s CDC estimate of 1 in 44 American children with ASD. However, that analysis published by the CDC in November 2021, was limited to data in 2018 from about a dozen states in the U.S. and only focused on eight-year-old children, so the study published in JAMA Pediatrics would appear to be more comprehensive, more current and, consequently, more accurate.
The study in JAMA Pediatrics did not comment on what may be causing the continuing rise in ASD diagnoses, but there has been much speculation that the trend may largely be attributed to greater public awareness of the disorder and also changes in diagnostic criteria.
Genetics has also occasionally been brought up as a possible contributing factor.
There is another belief, though, that the autism epidemic is real and that it may indeed be biological and tied to environmental exposure factors.
In a recent article, Dr. Joe Mercola wrote:
[I]mproved diagnosis alone cannot explain this trend. One in 30 children and adolescents were not autistic in the 1980s, with or without diagnosis. No, something is going on. One or more environmental factors are clearly having a devastating impact on our children.
Glyphosate appears to be a leading contributor to autism. Other contributing factors include maternal antibodies associated with autoimmune diseases, maternal immune system overactivation and mitochondrial dysfunction (typically involving electron transport chain overactivity). Mitochondrial abnormalities are suspected of being involved in as many as 80% of cases.”
Dr. Joseph Mercola – Epoch Times article
But again, the study in JAMA Pediatrics does not address the issue of causality as it relates to ASD, it focuses on prevalence of the disorder and breaking it down by factors such as gender and family income.
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The massive use of drugs that can affect DNA started in the sixties and has only gotten worse … there is no free genetic lunch so look at that also!!!
Wife is a retired PhD in Special Ed who says look at the generations of drug use first.
Love your reporting, but please do more research on this. Pediatric health professional here with 43 years experience.
There is no way those numbers are scientific. They changed the definition of what qualifies as autistic over the years and the therapeutic treatments run the gamut of proven science. The truth really needs to get out. A lot of kids and parents are taken advantage of with bogus programs.
Expect more of any/everything that’s bad in days ahead. When enemy forces have invaded and occupied your country, why should one expect other than what is what is? There is reason to wonder if Americans have become so fear numbed by propaganda and dis/mis-information they fail to realize their enemy has not even been given a name yet? In a war, it is a good idea to know whom you are fighting. Ostriches , bury your head in the sand if you like, but the problems being experienced are not the result of mistake, ignorance or inadvertence. Stand-up. Speak-out..
In liberty
Uhh, the answer is simple.
It’s the poison babies are injected with, so called “vaccines.”
One more thing: According to the CDC, the median age of women giving birth has jumped to 30, up from 24.9 in 2000 and 26.3 in 2014. The highest on record.
Just sayin’.
No comment on lifestyle, alcohol or drug abuse, Or the fact that, according to the CDC, almost 20% of women over 18 use anti-depressant and/or anti-anxiety medication. Just a guess, but use of these medications likely increased during the pandemic…which may coincide with the jump in autism.
I am a psychologist. There may be an increase in autism, and it may be due to vaccination. But in my experience, it is the diagnosis du jour in children now and rampantly over diagnosed. Just like ADD in the 90s and bipolar in the early 2000s. Many behavioral and developmental issues are attributed to autism when they are better accounted for by different diagnoses.
There is probably a vaccine component as well. I think there giving at least 14 shots for kids now. It seems a tad bit excessive.
Why does anyone care about this study? “The study, which was conducted by public health researchers at Guandong Pharmaceutical University in China…” It was conducted IN CHINA. I’m sure it is valid. HA!
Clearly the results of Global Warming, and EV Exhaust.
Don’t believe it. How does Autism increase 200% in one year? The “Scientists “ change the criteria for diagnosis. They just enlarge the umbrella and lengthen the spectrum on both ends. It’s BIG Business, now. Lots of Occupational, Physical and Speech Therapists making a killing. Also “ special” schools and “ certified “ teachers…..
The taxpayer pays high prices for special education for these kids. I’ve watched the Autism Industry boom for 25 years. It has finally arrived., and you’d better “ believe” or else.
V a x x i n e s in general, not the most recent experimental mRNA gene therapy inoculation (which isn’t a v a c c i n e in the first place), but v a c c i n e s in general.
4 – children
0 – vax
0 – allergies
Rarely sick, and when they have been, always over it in 48 hours or less.
Best of luck new parents!
Vaccines harm immune systems! On balance of probabilities most of the autism cases in children are caused by vaccines.
Population Control by way of vaccines.. Affected the White population the most.
Is this happening world wide or just in the USA?
Isn’t it interesting that China is studying the rate of autism in the US……I wonder if they are doing this to monitor the effectiveness of biologics program.
OH, and Miss Attkisson;
You are the journalistic bomb, there are only a few others(don’t want to name them as I don’t want to leave anyone out) with the integrity displayed in your work. Stay safe, stay vigilant!
One thing for sure, it isn’t the pharmaceuticals they keep pumping into society either voluntarily(med visits(legal)), and involuntary(public water supply). I mean, they wouldn’t do that,….right?
Let me make a wild guess. They will blame Global Warming as the main cause.
Any possible connection to the 800 lb. gorilla in the room? Vaccinations.