The laundry list of things that MIGHT cause AUTISM
Posted by thecanvasgrey on November 15, 2007
The list is generalized. They are in no particular order. These are things I’ve read, heard or thought about over the course of seven years. Some may make you laugh and others you will ponder; Google the words with the word autism to see what you find.
Please feel free to add your own in the comments!
Vaccines - combinations or one or too early in development.
Genetics - mutation, specific combination, defect, mutations from atom bomb detonations.
Virus - measles, unknown brain virus.
Bacteria - unknown bacteria that invades systems either during pregnancy or after birth.
Evolution - a growing number of voices banning together to who believe this is an evolutionary change in our human biology.
Poisoning - Chemical compounds from Teflon or Scotch guard, prenatal vitamins (overdose of a specific vitamin), genetically altered foods and/or artificial sweeteners, chemicals used on crops to control pests, previous use of marijuana, drug abuse.
Modern Technology - Microwave, electromagnetic, radio waves or electricity or harnessing these energies and concentrating them from tower to tower/home to home, delivery system of water through pipes, plastic compounds, epoxies used in food cans or carpets, building supplies, acrylic dust.
Others - Jaundice prone babies.
November 19, 2007 at 4:42 am
My mother to this day thinks vaccines caused my brother to be autistic. Who knows? Doing real experiments would be unethical.
Loving Awareness
November 19, 2007 at 10:37 am
Hi Matthew!
I think you are correct about experiments being unethical. I do believe more studies should be done. Studies that involve all types of information recorded from previous history to pregnancy to development and diagnosis and into adulthood.
As for vaccines, there certainly could be some type of correlation between a newborn with a weak immune system being given vaccines.
How does one go about questioning why these vaccines must be given so early and frequently during the rapid development of a young child? And when was this system last reviewed? When are we “safe” enough from childhood diseases? These questions and more I must answer for myself.
May 2, 2008 at 11:09 am
My son had a knot in his cord at birth and I think maybe that helped trigger his issues as well as possibly caused his speech apraxia. I kept telling them the last couple of weeks he was moving less and they did fetal non-stress tests and said he was fine, but I KNEW something was off. I will never really know the efefects of it. I also think he was pre-disposed to neurological issues anyway. My SIL thinks that maybe there are children who are pre-disposed to possible autism and when they are overloaded by things like vaccines or illness it pushes them over into it. That the cause is NOT the preservatives, which is what the studies have been on, but the actual diseases themselves.
May 2, 2008 at 3:14 pm
Wow Goldie, that could really make sense (the actual illness), especially if there is a tendency for auto immunity issues with in the family. I’ve lost track but there was a doctor in the Netherlands that was doing studies on a group of autistic children who had the measle virus in their intestines and the only exposure they had was from the vaccine. So that would go along with so many issues. Maybe I should try to research that, it was several years ago.
I often wonder if our family tree has a lesser version of celiac disease. I test our diets quite a bit and find my son does better with less bread products and bready snacks. He and his brother have been tested for allergies and fall in the normal range. I really think there has to be some type of connection along the line somewhere.
May 2, 2008 at 5:07 pm
I read the story of another of the April Autism bloggers who said that her son went to a “happy place” far away after a severe stomach illness and dehydration. I wish I remembered which one she was!!! But there again, a link of ilness and a tiny body getting more than it can handle.
This woman’s story has a happy ending but still gives me chills…
http://iamnotasoccermom.wordpress.com/autism-awareness/an-immunization-story/
May 2, 2008 at 7:35 pm
Thanks Goldie, I’ll go read it right now!