Autism has become a common?

It is very interesting. I thought the autism would happen to a few number of the people in the society, but after encountering many cases, it looks like the autism has somewhat became a common phenomena.

Do you agree with me?

At the same time, I want to have a poll. Who here knows anyone with autism or yourself have one?

I do.

I do think it is becoming more prevelent in our society. I believe a large part of it may be because of vaccines containing themarasol that have been given to children.

I know three people with autism. One is severely retarded (he is a young adult now). The other two are children. Both are on the mild end of the spectrum of autism and are functioning so far.

I don't think autism has become more common. What has become more common is better diagnostic techniques to detect autism earlier. I don't know anyone who has autism.

You know, you are right, but it is more complicated than just being a phenomena. It is actually because more older men are having children. Did you know men over forty have a much greater risk of having autistic children than men younger than forty? It because of a mutation in a gene that happens more often when you are over forty. It's kind of sad to think of it too. Yes, I know quite a few autistic people. Most of them were very smart and could learn and remember things much faster and better than most people I knew. They just spaced out most of the time. They were pretty normal other than that though.

There has been an explosion in the diagnosis of autism in not just the western world but the whole planet. I have a daugter with autism and I was thirty when she was born. My two other children one older and one younger are both neuro typical. (OK). In a way I think these autstic children are a product of human development. Autistic children do not follow neural pathways that we develop. in other words we use 10% of our brain because we find it easier to think along the same lines. Autistic people do not follow these pathways and are free to roam around the full 100% of their brain. It is a bit like when the whales strand themselves on the beach. Mammals came from the water and eventually a whale will walk on land this autism explosion will eventually lead to mankind using 100% of their brain.

One in 160 children are now diagnosed with some form of autism. Not every person with autism has mental retardation. Asperger's Syndrome is an example.

Perhaps more children are diganoses because school personnel are more aware that if a child has a problem, there could be a medical cause. And, many parents do not want to see their child labels with mental retardation or a developmental disability. Many times autism is viewed as a "related condition" for a child with developmental disabilities or mental retardation.

My sister in law has a child who was originally diagnoses more than thirty years ago with autism, and just prior to his 18th birthday was also diagnosed with mental retardation.

If you look at the DSM IV, you will see the autism is an Axis I diagnosis and MR or DD is an Axis II diagnosis.