Consider This from NPR A severe autism advocate responds to RFK Jr.'s research initiative
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Jill Escher's Autism Experience
- Jill Escher shares her personal experience as a mother of nonverbal, profoundly autistic adult children.
- She explains the realities they face, often misunderstood or stigmatized in public discussion.
Rethinking Autism Causes
- Research has ruled out many suspected environmental causes of autism like mold and water contaminants.
- However, this doesn't negate the need to search for other environmental risk factors using solid scientific methods.
Autism Rise Beyond Diagnoses
- Autism's rising rates cannot be fully explained by better diagnosis or societal factors.
- Significant increases include severe cases with intellectual disability, indicating a true increase in incidence.