Recall the blog "Oprah: On Autism" - where Oprah had a special on her show about autism. In that video, a mom caring for her autistic son cried in despair, "He is not there! I don't know where he is but he is not there."
On Thursday, March 30th, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC, released the latest numbers on autism - and it is 'scary' - 1 in 88 children now has been diagnosed with autism or its related disorder. These numbers suggest there are about a million kids and teenagers afflicted with this illness.
"Autism is now officially becoming an epidemic in the United States. We are dealing with a national emergency that needs a national plan," says Mark Roithmayr, president of the advocacy group Autism Speaks. Saying it is not entirely better detection that causes the big jump in new cases, Roithmayr continues, "Something [else] is going on here, and we don't know what it is."
If new scientific studies claim that diseases are caused by cellular malfunction and toxicity (cells injured by free radicals, pesticides/insecticides, food preservatives, antibiotics, tobacco, alcohol and recreational drugs) then the bigger question is what has been done to determine why this big jump in new cases?
We are now are confronted with autism in children and Alzheimer in our elderly population...with no solutions in sight.
On Thursday, March 30th, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC, released the latest numbers on autism - and it is 'scary' - 1 in 88 children now has been diagnosed with autism or its related disorder. These numbers suggest there are about a million kids and teenagers afflicted with this illness.
"Autism is now officially becoming an epidemic in the United States. We are dealing with a national emergency that needs a national plan," says Mark Roithmayr, president of the advocacy group Autism Speaks. Saying it is not entirely better detection that causes the big jump in new cases, Roithmayr continues, "Something [else] is going on here, and we don't know what it is."
If new scientific studies claim that diseases are caused by cellular malfunction and toxicity (cells injured by free radicals, pesticides/insecticides, food preservatives, antibiotics, tobacco, alcohol and recreational drugs) then the bigger question is what has been done to determine why this big jump in new cases?
We are now are confronted with autism in children and Alzheimer in our elderly population...with no solutions in sight.
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