tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33052404.post7690375561791189112..comments2024-02-13T21:31:57.980-04:00Comments on Facing Autism in New Brunswick: Autism NumbersAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05838571980003579163noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33052404.post-73069554005370957162007-08-27T12:06:00.000-03:002007-08-27T12:06:00.000-03:00Though this is going to sound very counter-intuiti...Though this is going to sound very counter-intuitive, I keep wondering if autism numbers could be going up because infant/fetal mortality has dropped so much. There is lots of evidence that being autistic is associated with problems in the birth process, and some researchers think that autism causes these problems. Over the twentieth century there was a drop in infant mortality from about 100 per 1000 live births in the beginning of the century to about 7 per 1000 in 2000. That leaves plenty of room for extra autistic babies to be born and live because of changes in medicine, sanitation, etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com