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Autism Rising, Environmental Causes of Autism Disorders, and the Top Autism Interview of the 2000-2009 Decade by Harold L D. Patient Expert

Posted Sat 10 Apr 2010 2:06am The autism interview of the decade, from the perspective of this father of a severely autistic 14 year old boy seeking real answers and future directions concerning my sons Autistic Disorder, is the David Kirby interview with Dr. Tom Insel in December 2009 . There are many contentious debates in discussions of autism disorders including the debate Read on »

Five thousand autism claims accuse vaccines, or the mercury in vaccines, of causing autism in children by Tricia Patient Expert

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Baron Cohen on Autism Causes: Autism Must Involve Environmental as Well as Genetic Factors by Harold L D. Patient Expert

Posted Thu 11 Jun 2009 6:05pm This autism causes quote of the day is dedicated to my Neurodiversity blogger friends at lbrb and autism.change.org. It is part of a polite email exchange between Dr. Baron Cohen and Anne Dachel at Age of Autism: I completely agree that autism must involve both environmental as well as genetic factors (a point that nowadays hardly Read on »

Vaccines Don't CAUSE Autism, They Just RESULT in Autism by Ginger T. Patient Expert

Posted Thu 09 Sep 2010 1:13pm we have finally gotten a straight answer from the government on whether or not vaccines cause autism. Turns out that vaccines don't "cause" autism, they just "result" in autism. From CBS News In acknowledging Hannah's injuries, the government said vaccines aggravated an unknown mitochondrial disorder Hannah had which didn't "cause" her autism Read on »

Environmental Causes of Autism and the Existence of an Autism Epidemic by Harold L D. Patient Expert

Posted Sun 24 Aug 2008 1:34pm If you can believe some professors of cultural anthropology and classical literature there are no environmental causes of autism and there is no autism epidemic. ALL... of autism must be due entirely to definition change, diagnostic substitution, increased awareness etc. According to the true believers autism has only genetic causes Read on »

Autism Paradigm Shift: Environmental and Genetic Factors Cause Autism Disorders by Harold L D. Patient Expert

Posted Sun 08 Aug 2010 3:19am experts confirming what has been known by many for so long: autism disorders are caused by the interaction of genetic AND environmental factors. Autism is NOT entirely genetic... in favor of genetic focused autism research MUST be shifted toward exploration of environmental causes of autism disorders. The Autism Research Paradigm Shift must now pick up speed Read on »

Mainstream Media Autism Ignorance: Lovaas Passing, US Senate Hearings on Possible Environmental Causes of Autism Go Unmentioned by Harold L D. Patient Expert

Posted Thu 05 Aug 2010 3:21am Many parents of autistic children do not look to the mainstream media (MSM) for autism information. For good reason. They are unlikely to learn anything about autism... and that an autism vaccine connection has been disproved for ever and ever after. The MSM dutifully reports that autism is genetic, that parents of autistic children are emotional even Read on »

Autism Disorder as Synaptic Disorder: Dysregulation of Neural Networks Causes Autism? by Harold L D. Patient Expert

Posted Fri 25 Jun 2010 2:55am function, including learning and memory, and how their dysregulation causes neuropsychiatric disorders, including autism." Synapse-Specific Metaplasticity: To Be Silenced is Not to be Silenced 2B The emphasis in this article, and the Lee et al study it previews, is on plasticity changes in single synapses. This humble father of a son with Autistic Disorder Read on »

Indian Autism Experts Promote Television Causes Autism Myth by Harold L D. Patient Expert

Posted Sun 06 Mar 2011 1:44am it also appears now to be pushing as fact the myth that television causes autism disorders. The Times of India quotes several autism "experts" and reports their opinions that television causes autism in 1 in 60 kids suffer from autism spectrum disorders: Experts : "CHENNAI: Watching television for hours and not interacting with parents or other family Read on »

Autism Speaks Role in Exploring the Environmental Causes of Autism and Other Learning Disabilities by Harold L D. Patient Expert

Posted Sun 12 Dec 2010 9:28am Children's Environmental Health Center's workshop " Exploring the Environmental Causes of Autism and Other Learning Disabilities ". , In Feeling exposed? Insights from a new... the Environmental Causes of Autism and Learning Disabilities” a conference organized by the Children’s Center for Environmental Health at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City Read on »