For all of you that don't think Autism is related to Vaccines

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Originally Posted by Donger

I haven't read through the whole thread, but the gist is that vaccines are causing an increase in autism cases, yes?

If so, what are the chances that "doctors" are simply diagnosing more kids as autistic as compared to before?

Post #87 and other Lurker 2 posts between this one and that one sort of address this. In all honesty, that was my initial reaction as well, because I deal with a lot of autistic (and other ASD) kids in my work. My personal experience is that, yes, many of them wouldn't have been diagnosed as "autistic" back in the day. I believe that some of the rise in autism is a result of heightened awareness leading to increased diagnosis, but evidently it doesn't explain the full extent of the rise, at least according to the studies posted by Lurker 2.