The United States Centers for Disease Control recently published statistics that indicate that 1 in 150 children within a certain age cohort, across 14 states, is autistic. This is way more than the previous official numbers, which placed the incidence at about 1 in 5,000 (or thereabouts) and even higher than previous estimates, which put it at 1 in 166.
The next shoe to drop is an acknowledgment of the obvious implication, namely that the increased incidence is due to environmental factors. Until now, mainstream medicine has held it to be a hereditary condition.
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