Autism Rates Have Increased 60-Fold. I Played a Role in That.

Autism rates have increased 60-fold. I played a role in that.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., secretary of health and human services, is correct that reported autism rates have exploded in the last 30 years — they’ve increased roughly 60-fold — but he is dead wrong about the causes. I should know, because I am partly responsible for the explosion in rates.

Autism Rates Have Increased 60-Fold. I Played a Role in That.

(New York Times) – Robert F. Kennedy Jr., secretary of health and human services, is correct that reported autism rates have exploded in the last 30 years — they’ve increased roughly 60-fold — but he is dead wrong about the causes. I should know, because I am partly responsible for the explosion in rates. The rapid rise in autism cases is not because of vaccines or environmental toxins, but rather is the result of changes in the way that autism …

Autism Rates Keep Rising as Environmental Causes Face Renewed Scrutiny – altnews.org

One in every 31 children in the United States now carries an autism diagnosis — That’s what the U.S. Centers

Autism definition changed, which led to rise in diagnoses

Allen Frances, a psychiatrist who chaired the group to update the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders in the 1980s, explains how a change in definition led to a sudden rise in autism diagnoses. Many large studies have come to the same conclusion: Vaccines don’t cause autism. The role, if any, of environmental toxins is still to be determined, but there is no known environmental factor that can explain the sudden jump in diagnos…