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TheWraith

(24,331 posts)
2. Cue someone blaming vaccines in three... two...
Thu Mar 29, 2012, 12:15 PM
Mar 2012

It's like the Obama birth certificate of medical science. Even after it's been proven wrong, some people still believe.

I have worked with kids on the autism spectrum HockeyMom Mar 2012 #1
The ratio is about 4 to 1 KamaAina Mar 2012 #3
BiPolar also seems to dominate among girls HockeyMom Mar 2012 #14
It's now being considered that ADHD is a possible sign of later onset of bipolar. I know GreenPartyVoter Mar 2012 #20
Now that you mention it HockeyMom Mar 2012 #21
Maybe. My mom was on hormone replacement therapy when she was GreenPartyVoter Mar 2012 #22
I've met a lot of guys who are bi-polar. Neoma Apr 2012 #37
I have one of each, Throckmorton Mar 2012 #7
There is an interesting book called "The Imprinted Gene" that... Odin2005 Mar 2012 #15
Thanks, Odin. BlueIris May 2012 #60
Cue someone blaming vaccines in three... two... TheWraith Mar 2012 #2
One boy's family blamed it on the vaccines HockeyMom Mar 2012 #5
So how does the family try and explain it? sakabatou Mar 2012 #9
Probably the same way laundry_queen Apr 2012 #46
three... More likely an extreme shortage of the pro-hormone Cholecalciferol Bearware Apr 2012 #26
Until the source is known nothing should be taken off the table. harun Apr 2012 #34
In that case, I declare that autism is caused by unicorn shit. TheWraith Apr 2012 #36
Stay tuned. proverbialwisdom Apr 2012 #39
A bit of logic miss there.. X_Digger Mar 2012 #4
+1 sakabatou Mar 2012 #6
I recall a resent study of late middle age people Throckmorton Mar 2012 #10
Funny you should mention that zipplewrath Mar 2012 #11
*nod* Or a study (were it possible).. X_Digger Mar 2012 #13
While that is definitely true, HockeyMom Mar 2012 #17
You were expecting accurate journalism? TheWraith Mar 2012 #23
I live in hope. X_Digger Mar 2012 #24
For years I was diagnosed as having an anxiety disorder sakabatou Mar 2012 #8
See, I TOLD people that it is about more people getting diagnosed. Odin2005 Mar 2012 #12
I agree with you on the anti-vax folks. AverageJoe90 Apr 2012 #44
Higher rates in Utah? Didn't someone just post an apology letter from a grandparent midnight Mar 2012 #16
I know two families with Autism Marrah_G Mar 2012 #18
In the old days, the low-functioning autistic kids would have simply been labeled Lydia Leftcoast Mar 2012 #19
OFFICIAL DATA: the autism rate for boys born in NJ in 2000 is 1 in 29 reports Mark Blaxill (@ 4:09). proverbialwisdom Apr 2012 #25
"Living in Utah... baby boy will have a 1 in 32 chance of being autistic, the highest risk in US." proverbialwisdom Apr 2012 #27
ENVIRONMENTAL QUESTIONS: Occupy EPA Action, 3/30/12,"If the EPA were occupied with sound science..." proverbialwisdom Apr 2012 #28
Of mice & children: does this happen in infants & should it comprise a contraindication, like fever? proverbialwisdom Apr 2012 #29
I'm sorry, but 1 in 32!?!? AverageJoe90 Apr 2012 #45
Wrong, sorry. The stats are from ADDM, a project of the CDC and its parent agency, DHHS. proverbialwisdom Apr 2012 #48
This message was self-deleted by its author AverageJoe90 Apr 2012 #54
I'm terribly sorry, but........ AverageJoe90 Apr 2012 #55
Runs 1 to 2 in my house. Throckmorton Apr 2012 #30
Consider $$$ as factor in increase of this diagnosis panzerfaust Apr 2012 #31
You MUST read this even if a more nuanced explanation is ultimately more accurate (eg post #26). proverbialwisdom Apr 2012 #32
HHS Press Release naming new public members of Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee: proverbialwisdom Apr 2012 #33
Ouch, PUSHBACK. The devastating grievances detailed here warrant attention. proverbialwisdom Apr 2012 #35
Post removed Post removed Apr 2012 #38
Harvard Health Publications: The Autism Revolution by Martha Herbert, MD, PhD, with Karen Weintraub. proverbialwisdom Apr 2012 #40
Previous links. proverbialwisdom Apr 2012 #41
I know very little about autism, but saw this at Alternet today, polly7 Apr 2012 #42
More on Brick Township, NJ reported by Mark Blaxill here: proverbialwisdom Apr 2012 #49
More on NJ Senator Lautenberg's Safe Chemicals Act here. proverbialwisdom Apr 2012 #50
My view is the EXACT opposite. AverageJoe90 Apr 2012 #43
A lot of Autistic people were misdiagnosed or undiagnosed until... Odin2005 Apr 2012 #47
It's kind of ironic, but....... AverageJoe90 Apr 2012 #56
I have aspergers raps Apr 2012 #51
Welcome to DU! gkhouston Apr 2012 #52
Welcome! Odin2005 Apr 2012 #53
As an ADD guy who was misdiagnosed as supposedly being Aspie........ AverageJoe90 Apr 2012 #57
Physicians for Social Responsibility: Impending Vote on Safe Chemicals Act! proverbialwisdom May 2012 #58
Could school funding have anything to do with it? jmowreader May 2012 #59
"Not 1 newborn American baby has been tested without finding 100's of chemicals in umbilical cord." proverbialwisdom May 2012 #61
Age of Autism = Bullshit. Odin2005 May 2012 #62
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