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Is the dramatic increase in autism benefit related?

Posted on 5/7/25 at 5:16 am
Posted by trinidadtiger
Member since Jun 2017
17127 posts
Posted on 5/7/25 at 5:16 am
I listened to a stat from JFK Jr. In 1970 one in 10,000 had autism. Cali has the most accurate stats and according to that state 1 in 12.5 male children have autism.

What has changed? Well now we have invented a "spectrum of autism", benefits can now be claimed, and California has become ultra liberal. I realize Cali is the most extreme example, but it is obviously nationwide.

There has also been an increase in drug treatment for autism to help with the symptoms of irritability. Is an autism diagnosis just an excuse to drug the child and make them manageable zombies.

I just find it hard to believe we have had a 1000 fold increase because kids are eating pop tarts.

Posted by dalefla
Central FL
Member since Jul 2024
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Posted on 5/7/25 at 5:20 am to
SSDI payments are part of the equation.
Posted by ChatGPT of LA
Member since Mar 2023
2732 posts
Posted on 5/7/25 at 5:22 am to
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just find it hard to believe we have had a 1000 fold increase because kids are eating pop tarts.



It's from the parents. Not sure why you find it hard to believe that poisoning our bodies could produce negative results in offspring.
People are fat and eat like shite.
Posted by The Torch
DFW The Dub
Member since Aug 2014
23996 posts
Posted on 5/7/25 at 5:23 am to
You wonder how accurate diagnosis were over the years, could proper testing account for some of the increases ?

We had kids in school growing up that were "off" or "different" but we never heard the word Autism in the south.

Posted by LemmyLives
Texas
Member since Mar 2019
10553 posts
Posted on 5/7/25 at 5:37 am to
The diagnostic criteria changed in the late 1990s IIRC. Then, the usual suspect, FedGov, started supplemental payments to schools for special needs students, including those with behavioral (as opposed to actually disabled) issues. This increased incentives for schools to happily nod along if mommy thought Timmy was below expectations in reading because of Autism/ADD/ADHD, etc.

This became a self reinforcing feedback loop to encourage parents to seek a diagnosis other than shitty parenting to explain poor academic and behavioral performance. And then, the explosion of social media led to autism turning into the new Munchausen by Proxy, which is being replaced by trans on the left, and autism is socially acceptable to the right to claim, and on and on.
Posted by crewdepoo
Hogwarts
Member since Jan 2015
10571 posts
Posted on 5/7/25 at 6:35 am to
Try looking it up ever? Every thing rfk says his highly disputed by most scientists.
Posted by Willie Stroker
Member since Sep 2008
14694 posts
Posted on 5/7/25 at 6:41 am to
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We had kids in school growing up that were "off" or "different" but we never heard the word Autism in the south.

1 in 30?

Doesn’t that seem like an improbable frequency for a simple genetic variation?

Where were these kids going to school during those years? I never had classmates with that scale of off or different in any of my school years.
Posted by Jake88
Member since Apr 2005
75461 posts
Posted on 5/7/25 at 6:42 am to
Cast a wide net and catch plenty fish. "Spectrum" is vague and subjective enough that a clinician can diagnose pretty loosely. And, the benefits don't hurt either.
Posted by FriendofBaruch
Member since Mar 2025
854 posts
Posted on 5/7/25 at 7:02 am to
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Try looking it up ever? Every thing rfk says his highly disputed by most scientists.

Truth of actual discovery of "scientific" things is not understood across the spectrum of "most scientists".

In fact, "most scientists" are frequently used as globalist propaganda mechanisms by the same people and mindset that have praised and supported world communism - supporting the force that has murdered over 100 million people since its inception. This, while attempting outlawing anyone with a realistic conservative view, such as the HHS Director Kennedy and the concepts/perspective he has brought.

"try looking it up ever?" - yeah, sounds like you are primed for a crew of Obamites dressed in white lab coats to promote your leftist attack of efforts to actually improve health and solve health problems. All the while acting like your propaganda driven pompous attitude is even remotely related to the issue at all.

your extremist, information twisting attack on any related efforts at solution are pathetic. There are those who want to lead. GTFO of the way

in every facet of your nonsense
Posted by trinidadtiger
Member since Jun 2017
17127 posts
Posted on 5/7/25 at 7:03 am to
Lemmy, I forgot about the schools also getting the benefits.

I hesitated to put in my comments about it being a socially "cool" thing to have a kid "within the spectrum" if you are a Karen. Poor you having to deal with a "disabled" child, tough to concentrate on those tennis lessons.
Posted by Sweep Da Leg
Member since Sep 2013
1727 posts
Posted on 5/7/25 at 7:06 am to
Aluminum among other things when injected crosses brain barrier and causes brain inflammation which then causes encephalitis and then autism.

I wonder what we inject a frick ton of into babies at a very young age that could possibly contain this? Hmmm
Posted by Gaston
Dirty Coast
Member since Aug 2008
41361 posts
Posted on 5/7/25 at 7:06 am to
It’s because parents never let kids tough it out…so they get increasingly sensitive to the point where it’s disabilitating. Everyone is on the spectrum, learn to cope. Protecting kids from every harmful stimuli doesn’t do them any favors.
Posted by VOR
Member since Apr 2009
65930 posts
Posted on 5/7/25 at 7:06 am to
Much of the increase is due to revised diagnostic guidelines…
Posted by Sweep Da Leg
Member since Sep 2013
1727 posts
Posted on 5/7/25 at 7:10 am to
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It's from the parents


I’m sure this causes some but the overwhelming majority of autistic kids cokes from regression. Meaning they were fine and hitting their milestones until they all of a sudden regressed mentally. That mean an environmental factor caused it.
There’s a reason the cdc wiped out the government database that had the records to do a study before RFK could get into it. Something to hide obviously. Ten minutes of research will tell you what it is
Posted by BHS78
Member since May 2017
3072 posts
Posted on 5/7/25 at 7:10 am to
Just look how single mothers exploded after they got paid for not having a father around. Govt is always the problem
Posted by Sweep Da Leg
Member since Sep 2013
1727 posts
Posted on 5/7/25 at 7:10 am to
Bought and paid for scientists yeah. I believe them as much as climate zealots.
Posted by funnystuff
Member since Nov 2012
8821 posts
Posted on 5/7/25 at 7:17 am to
That doesn’t explain why we see massive spikes in incident rates within specific disability categories…


For example, we are experiencing a massive spike in the number of children who are completely nonverbal. Your explanation could, in theory, explain why we see so many more edge cases being identified as a disorder rather than just a social deficiency. But it doesn’t explain why the rates on the most extreme, unequivocal, obvious variants of autism are also spiking so rapidly.
This post was edited on 5/7/25 at 7:19 am
Posted by TBoy
Kalamazoo
Member since Dec 2007
26297 posts
Posted on 5/7/25 at 7:31 am to
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Is the dramatic increase in autism benefit related?

So fricking stupid.

We used to keep disabled family members in back rooms and institutions. There used to be a “special school” in Jefferson Parish where all the “retarded kids” went during the day. Then they went away to institutions.

You didn’t see them because we as a society didn’t give a shite about them and we hid them and sent them away.

At a certain point we started allowing these kids to go to “regular schools” and the special schools were closed. Due to the increased staffing required to have these kids at school, subsidies were given to the public schools, money that previously went to the operation of the “special schools.” We have also increased the opportunities for the entire disabled population to do things in public and not just be shut away.

This entire RFK and republicans “discovery” of the disability population is embarrassing for its abject ignorance.
Posted by Pezzo
Member since Aug 2020
2610 posts
Posted on 5/7/25 at 7:35 am to
if it was because we have better/broader diagnostic practices then it would be easily done with all age groups. Where is the 1 in 30 adults over 50 who have autism? where is the 1 in 30 nursing home residents who have autism?


That’s like saying there are more occurrences of obesity because we have more scales these days.
Posted by GTnerd
ATL Jawja baby
Member since Sep 2023
568 posts
Posted on 5/7/25 at 8:01 am to
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SSDI payments are part of the equation.


My brother-in-law and his wife (both staunch “conservatives” btw) have an autistic son, he is highly autistic and is in special school and gets special treatments etc. Somebody told them to apply for medicare- they did and now get money to pay for the school, diapers, treatments etc and they are also now on WIC. Oh and they have a new baby now and are getting double the gov benefits even though the baby is normal. Both of these fricking people have great jobs in medical fields and do not need help paying for this shite, makes me sick.
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