tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33052404.post6962466084635063557..comments2024-02-13T21:31:57.980-04:00Comments on Facing Autism in New Brunswick: Autism Still Rising in AustraliaAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05838571980003579163noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33052404.post-32202037524863288502009-07-23T18:27:32.689-03:002009-07-23T18:27:32.689-03:00Great blog and post. I work for a public relations...Great blog and post. I work for a public relations firm in NYC. We work for Rethink Autism. A compelling piece about Rethink Autism ran on WCBS-TV Ch. 2 (Max Gomez) in NYC last night/this morning. Text/video links follow <br />(to segment) http://wcbstv.com/video/?cid=49<br />(to text) http://wcbstv.com/health/healthwatch.autism.treatment.2.1097038.html<br />(to Rethink Autism website) www.rethinkautism.comMichael Paluszekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10063301994499972072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33052404.post-45465782345625836392009-07-23T17:22:39.227-03:002009-07-23T17:22:39.227-03:00This definitely stands to reason since Australia, ...This definitely stands to reason since Australia, with 27 vaccines on their vaccine schedule, is surpassed only by the U.S. and Canada - the two other countries with the highest autism rates in the world.<br /><br />It's amazing how medical professionals can't just open their eyes and see the data smacking them in their faces.AUTISMOMMAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11409553613709277901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33052404.post-13984656946454063822009-07-23T14:32:36.650-03:002009-07-23T14:32:36.650-03:00Autism is rising very quickly in the most industri...Autism is rising very quickly in the most industrialized nations, such as the US, Canada, UK and Australia.<br /><br />But, last time I checked, the ASD rate in China was ~1 in 1000; in Taiwan ~ 1 in 530; in India ~1 in 250.<br /><br />I don't understand these figures.<br /><br />In the US in Minnesota the ASD rate is 1 in 74; in Iowa it is 1 in 554.<br /><br />How can this simply be due to "better diagnosis?" If this "better diagnosis" theory were correct than the ASD rate would be stable across the world.<br /><br />But it is not.<br /><br />It varies not only from country to country but from state to state and even from county to county.<br /><br />No one can give a good explanation and the "better diagnosis" theory fails to explain anything since the rates are not stable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com