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Simple. They are not “widely accepted.” They are well established to be a resutof shifting diagnostic criteria. Yes they are. Claiming autism rates are not higher now is as much of a fringe belief as is thinking vaccines cause autism. It's a position you're welcome to have, but you can't hide under...

Did God send AYAAN HIRSI ALI ? Cardinal Sarah? i’m convinced, He created all, for His purposes. He wants all to come to Him. 2Peter 3:9 Christians have been lazy, failing to go to convert all nations. Matthew 28:19 For a fact, that commands us to make disciples of all nations, not convert all natio...

So you're saying that the vast consensus on autism rates actually is not the case bceause "Evidence for the second is thin at best?" Some things like non-verbal autism are pretty easy to observe. The Amish rate of this is significantly lower. It's the kind of thing that everyone notices w...

Did God send AYAAN HIRSI ALI ? Cardinal Sarah? i’m convinced, He created all, for His purposes. He wants all to come to Him. 2Peter 3:9 Christians have been lazy, failing to go to convert all nations. Matthew 28:19 For a fact, that commands us to make disciples of all nations, not convert all natio...

- The Amish have autism a much lower rate. (This is also studied by researchers who want to identify potential causes of autism.) Of course, the two could be unrelated. Evidence for the second is thin at best, and possibly absent, the methodology simply is so poor, it proves exactly nothing. So you...

You can believe anything you want... Even if there is good data about lower autism rates in Amish populations, it proves nothing about the cause. Maybe early exposure to horse manure is prophylactic, maybe it's lack of exposure to fire retardant chemicals in upholstery, maybe all that apple butter ...

It is used to determine rates for the population by place of residence. No, it does not list religion. I am surprised that you could have a productive visit with such a person, considering your attitude. Right, and the state doesn't (yet) keep data on what religion people are by their address, so f...

:up: u Let's stick to the well-published facts, then. Amish have a far lower incidence of autism (which you handwaved away by claiming that the official, well-researched rate of autism in the general population is somehow not reliable), and they also have a far lower rate of vaccination. Are you di...

Why is a translator needed? Amish people who are old enough to have children speak English, as a general rule. The rate of incidence of autism is generally established using surveying techniques. For that matter, so is the vaccination rate. Vaccination rate is determined by data from Immuninet, not...

I will likely be bunny trailed for this. This is from the person who created the criteria: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., secretary of health and human services, is correct that reported autism rates have exploded in the last 30 years — they’ve increased roughly 60-fold — but he is dead wrong about the caus...