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Originally Posted by Paul&John
Can be because of:
Changes in the definition of autism, rather than use of the measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine (MMR vaccine), led to increased diagnosis of autism in the United States and probably in Europe, says a study from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota (Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine 2005;159:37-44).
Before the late 1980s and early 1990s, these children were diagnosed as retarded or having developmental delay, lead author William Barbaresi, a developmental paediatrician, told the BMJ.
The prevalence of autism increased more than eightfold in the United States, from 5.5 (95% confidence interval 1.4 to 9.5) per 100 000 children in 1980-3 to 44.9 (32.9 to 56.9) per 100 000 in ?
http://www.bmj.com//content/330/7483/112.5 |
That's the kind of silly excuse which Big Pharma want people to fall for, however it's easy to look around you and realize that we don't have an epidemic of Autism in people over 50. Sure, diagnosis does improve when you've suddenly got an epidemic of an illness which most doctors hadn't seen before, if you give doctors more practice at diagnosing an disease they will get more skilled at it.
Fortunately these claims have already been well debunked by many experts.
http://pediatrics.aappublications.or...15/3/e277.full
"Conclusions. Cohort curves suggest that autism prevalence has been increasing with time, as evidenced by higher prevalences among younger birth cohorts. "