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For some it probably is. For others not so much. Even this humble autism father/blogger reported an autism paradigm shift 4 years ago and I have followed it since then blogging on developments in the area of environmental causes of autism. But there are die-hards who will not be convinced, who will not change their minds no matter what. Academic careers and reputations as expert witnesses have been built promoting the view that autism is 100% genetic and that accordingly autism disorders are not actually increasing. Reported increases of autism diagnoses are routinely dismissed as due entirely to diagnostic definition change and increased awareness. Of course manufacturers of products from vaccines to children's toys have a vested interest in encouraging the " it's gotta be genetic " autism causation paradigm described over a decade ago by Teresa Binstock. Many will never admit that autism could ever be caused by the interaction of environmental and genetic factors. |
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Joachim Hallmayer, MD, associate professor of psychiatry at Stanford University in California