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In reply to the discussion: Autism 'caused by genetics', study suggests [View all]proverbialwisdom
(4,959 posts)94. No, I want transparency. You want to shut it all down and pretend everything's fine. (nt)
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READ: 5/2014 JAMA study of 2 million people in Sweden from '82-'06, "The Familial Risk of Autism."
proverbialwisdom
Mar 2015
#59
Sideshow? You mean like the stupid-shitbaggery vaccines-cause-autism sideshow?
Major Nikon
Mar 2015
#62
Sweet Jebus, you think every single reply is an excuse for you to post anti-vax shitbattery
Major Nikon
Mar 2015
#64
Those are John Stone's words and he's readily accessible. I recommend reading his full comment...
proverbialwisdom
Mar 2015
#117
THIS is funny!!! I guess way back when if you didn't have the sense to run from a saber-toothed tig
adigal
Mar 2015
#118
During the Dark Ages and prior, autism probably got you killed so you couldn't breed.
Trillo
Mar 2015
#17
I think you're absolutely right on that, Skittles. My brother, now 66, is very much ADHD...
Hekate
Mar 2015
#23
Indeed, Warpy... so I was looking for recent Menendez/autism news on Google and this popped up.
proverbialwisdom
Mar 2015
#66
No, I want transparency. You want to shut it all down and pretend everything's fine. (nt)
proverbialwisdom
Mar 2015
#94
#2 Correction: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, UK lack universal Hep B vaccination policy
proverbialwisdom
Mar 2015
#120
When it's good information, crowdsourcing ROCKS! Additional fine-tuning here.
proverbialwisdom
Mar 2015
#123
my best friend has a semi autistic adult daughter who blames her mother for everything
dembotoz
Mar 2015
#6
I think a lot of kids are "autistic" because they are not the perfect child of "perfect" parents.
LiberalArkie
Mar 2015
#20
But over 80% of US children involved in a multi-vehicle accident have received the TDAP vaccine!
struggle4progress
Mar 2015
#11
Well, this study is only confirming even more what other studies have shown over time.
HuckleB
Mar 2015
#16
I think certain conditions have been diagnosed much more often since healthcare became for-profit. n
valerief
Mar 2015
#25
Maybe now that they're no longer having to waste money refuting Wakefield's bull shit
Warpy
Mar 2015
#28
I've been thinking along those lines as well, especially after reading how many industrial chemicals
Hekate
Mar 2015
#35
Looking back, I can ID quite a few people I've known who were high functioning ASD people
Warpy
Mar 2015
#37
Same here. My whole family was "different," each in our own way. We just see the world ...
Hekate
Mar 2015
#41
I am not sure you want to condemn everyone when money is involved- Dr Gerberding
KellyW
Mar 2015
#112
What does that have to do with Wakefield cherry-picking (and even falsifying) his research?
nomorenomore08
Mar 2015
#113
I am just saying that the 4 words "There was money involved." is not all you need to know
KellyW
Mar 2015
#114
That is the current official story, isn't it, but will it be the historical one? (nt)
proverbialwisdom
Mar 2015
#119
you get sarcasm when you respond to a peer reviewed study with basically, "nah, meh"
CreekDog
Mar 2015
#55
The headline "Autism 'caused by genetics', study suggests" is not true as stated
Bearware
Mar 2015
#31
Sometimes a quick glance is not enough and you throw the baby out with the bathwater
Bearware
Mar 2015
#52
I am pushing for science - when your consensus doesn't explain reality well it needs to change
Bearware
Mar 2015
#56
I did not revise the links I deleted them because the posts can stand without them
Bearware
Mar 2015
#58
Your relative's ataxia may have been influenced by an autoimmune disease, but that doesn't make it
nomorenomore08
Mar 2015
#104
Most neurological diseases can have more than one contributory cause including my relative's Ataxia
Bearware
Mar 2015
#109
Again, I think it's very possible, even likely, that there are environmental components to autism.
nomorenomore08
Mar 2015
#110
Both positive and negative, yes. That's probably the best way to look at it.
nomorenomore08
Mar 2015
#105
Look at the results that come up from a search on Google: C4B gene CD46.
proverbialwisdom
Mar 2015
#85
The "condemnation" is because there's no solid proof that vaccines have anything to do with autism.
nomorenomore08
Mar 2015
#106
maybe if get full-blown genetic studies we can start proving that autism is actually a whole host
JCMach1
Mar 2015
#92
The extreme variation within the "spectrum" does strongly suggest that there are multiple disorders
nomorenomore08
Mar 2015
#107