Dear For Myth Buster, Autism by itself is not life threatening. The only threat is from those who refuse to understand it properly and treat it with respect.

What disaster? Maybe if Neurotypicals weren't so rude and so prone to judging by appearances, we wouldn't have so many problems. Maybe having more autistic children is a good thing that will teach autistics and neurotypicals alike to have humility.

Trina;
I think everyone is affected, but in a way that is not noticed untill
Puberty and horomones sets in.
And lots of things go wrong, more depression, sucide, over the top drinking, drug use, over sexed.

A few years ago my husband said he heard on the television back 10 years ago that we had the greatest generation
the hippies
The yuppies
Then the porn generation.

And I have to wonder at girls half naked dancing around on beaches all drunk. It is because they lack morals??? Or is it something else?

I can't help thinking it is something else.

The fourth generation of a beloved bussiness family died last week of an overdose. He follows -- after three successful generations of much beloved men in our community.

I dropped into Medicare (Australia's healthcare)today and the woman behind the counter was completely ignorant about Autism. I walked in with some expectations that the Government will help my son and I left with the knowledge that the Government will never help my son.

The last conversation about Autism in this country was last Christmas. It was a negative story about "irresponsible mothers not vaccinating their children". That was it about Autism.

Recently I was sent a reminder from our local Autism organisation that on the 2nd April is World Autism Awareness. The reminder is sent only to Autism families, although we are already aware of Autism but it is a pity that the reminder isn't sent to our local Federal Parliament representative (Catherine King-Member for Health and Ageing). That would make more sense!

But alas in this country-Three wise monkeys principal!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_wise_monkeys

Elizabeth Gillespie

we should all bring our kids to the annual White House Easter egg hunt that ought get the Presidents attention

Pres Obama and all presidents are bought and paid for by pharmaceutical companies...and what would he do? He would give more money to NIH and CDC to "explore" the problem...yeah right...the same foxes gaurding the henhouses....same old same old. The only way things change is in the hearts of young mothers, making MAJOR health decisions regarding their beautiful unscathed or targeted children...they must, stand up to a pediatrician, a school, a day care, and do their bidding, their education on their own. This is where WE come in. Thinking MOMS, tell other THINKING MOMS what happened to them when they gave over their trust to a white coat. We do more investigation in the ins and outs of a car loan or house loan, than ever look on an ingredient list on a vaccine insert, a baby formula package, etc etc. It's called being WISE AS A SERPENT in todays wicked wicked world. Until we meet with the "real critical mass" aka, the consumer...aka, the mom...we won't stop autism. It will continue in spite of our politics, in spite of our best efforts to educate our overseers. I do believe however the only useful way for us to contact our overseers or politicians on this matter is to protect our exemptions, which Paul Offit want's to rip away from us as we speak....this is the only political move to me that makes sense...otherwise....waste of time...Obama let Benghazi people die right in front of him...why would he even bother with our prescious children? Seriously... (and I won't go there with late term abortions either, but hey, you asked)....

My nine year old grandson is non verbal autistic... I haven't heard him talk since he had his "series" of shots at 18 months. You have NO idea how sad and how hard this is. WE NEED to do something about the POISON we are giving our young ones.
that is iF you care.

Are things not bad enough for anybody to listen? It's as if nothing counts anymore.

Let's not have it all land on the Presidents, though. It's really the general attitude all around that drives current thinking.

Science is ignored; the future is ignored; the past is ignored. There is no real grounding in education, and the kids play too much with things that in the end are not relevant.

Kids used to play and that play actually enhanced certain forms of learning. There used to be interaction with other children during play. This lack of interaction does not allow you to know who your autistic neighbor is. It is important for all to see who we are and what tragedy is out there.

Autism happens to be a silent epidemic because those who are affected cannot tell their story. And we parents? We are ignored because it might be too painful to contemplate inviting into the house something that is so tragic.

A soccer parent once told me: "We could be friends if you didn't have that child."

Maybe the President, too, is an ostrich; but he is not the only one.

We should start a simple mass campaign that will go viral
Autism, 1 in 50 kids...it's not a mystery-it's the vaccines!

My son is on the autism spectrum scale and doesn't do well in large groups, I have to home school him because the school cannot deal with his "behaviors".

Do you really thing President Romney would have done anything??? Geez, he hates 47% of the people..... a large portion of which are people with autism and disabilities.

Mass poisoning of American children and seniors with toxic vaccines is nothing less but a planned and deliberate extermination of Americans by farma-mafia and their govt cronies.

The sad thing is .. our "Autism President" is the same man who is responsible for keeping Dr. Tom Insel as chairman of the IACC .. who has .. over years .. literally squandered millions of dollars conducting fruitless research .. mostly genetics.

It is bad enough that Insel remains in his critical position .. but .. it is even worse the Autism President doesn't care.

Obama slicker than Clinton which I never thought possible....possibly when the 3-4% receive the right to vote they might sit up and take notice ..

Angus