Sunday, March 30, 2014
According to new numbers released last Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, apparently one in every 68 children in the United States has now been identified with an autism spectrum disorder. These are alarming statistics.
The latest estimate is roughly 30 percent higher than the CDC’s previous measure released in 2012, which found that 1 in 88 children had autism, based on health and education records.
Overall, the new report mirrors earlier estimates, finding that autism is roughly five times more common in boys than in girls. One in 42 boys is affected, compared to just 1 in 189 girls. In addition, white children are more likely to be identified with autism than black or Hispanic children.
The global prevalence of autism has increased twenty to thirty fold since the first population studies were conducted in Europe in the late 1960s and ’70s, according to background information provided in the new report. At that time, research suggested that only 1 in 2,500 children in Europe were affected by autism.
The CDC began tracking autism rates in the U.S. in 2000. Early estimates found that autism affected roughly 1 in every 150 children – a number that has steadily increased with each subsequent report.
According to the report, it is still not precisely known what is causing the steady rise in autism diagnosis.
I have often felt that we are now witnessing three generations of ?weak? children. The mothers are weak and poorly nourished and therefore produce weak babies. I also believe the over-use of antibiotics is a factor, plus a suppressed immune system due to stress, both individually and collectively. Multiple immunizations are more than just a suspicious factor in Autism. All of this compounded by allergies namely to milk, chemicals and additives contributes to immune system breakdown.
As an allergy-testing technician working in Environmental Medicine for many years, I was able to witness Autism spectrum children turn around completely with a change in diet, Candida Yeast control and immune support. My first book,
The Body Knows: How to Tune in to Your Body and Improve Your Health, documents my clinical experience. Doris Rapp M.D., Pediatric Allergist has famous You Tube footage documenting her vast clinical experience in this area.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/27/autism-rate-1-in-68_n_5041858.html