David Kirby explores the VERY Hidden Horde: US Medicine: 97% of All Autism Cases Went Undected - Until Now? May 9, 2008 Huffington Post If autism has always been with us in the same high numbers that we see today -- as some scientists and academics contend -- then we should be able to identify the 1 in 150 adults currently living with autism in ...

I thought Anne Dachel's response to this piece deserved a good read. Autism Center Helping Families Cope With Disorder WISC, WI - Oct 11, 2007 The story on the new autism school called Common Threads gave us some disturbing information. We're told that one in every 150 children in the U.S. now has autism. WISC-TV calls autism ''a ...

During a presentation Kirby gave in May, he mentioned that someone had paid California to study only the three year olds and that in the first quarter of 2007 their autism rate declined. This quarter they went down again. And how sad is it that a private citizen had to pay California to run autism numbers on 3 year olds? If they wanted to ...

Give'em Hell, Bill! Undeniable Fact of Autism The Scotsman Wed 11 Jul 2007 It will come as no surprise to parents that one child in 58 in the UK has autism (your report, 9 July). The diagnosis of this devastating childhood condition has increased to such an extent since 1990 that many families are now affected. What is very worrying is that it ...

Autism United Challenges NY State Special Ed Chief's Denial of Autism Increase Autism United, a new organization of parents and service organizations, today (7/8/07) submitted a letter to the NY State official in charge of special education policy challenging her statement that ''diagnostic shift'' explains the increase in the number of children ...

New fears over MMR link to autism Telegraph By Stephen Adams Last Updated: 3:11pm BST 08/07/2007 Fresh fears over a possible link between the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine and autism have been raised after a new study found that almost double the number of children could have the condition than previously thought. Researchers at ...

The University of New Mexico Center for Development & Disability and the city of Albuquerque are partnering to host the state's first town hall meeting on autism. Mayor Martin Chavez will host the meeting at the Albuquerque Convention Center from 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 11. The forum is open to the public. The partnership behind this ...

Kendra is a mom who apparently got sick and tired of the biased and illogical media coverage and shot back. Her points were so good that I am posting the original article and her response. I encourage the Valley Independent to be brave enough to publish it. I encourage the Media to come to grips with the fact that people don't believe the ...

The Age of Autism: 'A pretty big secret' By Dan Olmsted UPI Senior Editor It's a far piece from the horse-and-buggies of Lancaster County, Pa., to the cars and freeways of Cook County, Ill. But thousands of children cared for by Homefirst Health Services in metropolitan Chicago have at least two things in common with thousands of Amish children ...