>All things to take into consideration. One thing is for sure, autism is effecting more and more kids. The question is why? If not for vaccines, then what is causing it? There is so much being thrown out there as possibilities including chemicals in carpets, cleaners, in our food and our food sources...
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>Tracy, I've heard mercury mentioned as a possibility (and I could be wrong, but somewhere I thought I read that mercury used to be included in vaccines, but no longer is....again, I could be wrong)....but also, my understanding is that the definition and diagnosis of autism has widened, that 20 years ago you didn't have nearly as many "mild" cases of autism as you do today.
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>I remember the story back in 2006 of a high school boy who worked as an assistant for his high school basketball team. One night, with the team comfortably up by a large score, the team put him in....and he sank a ton of 3-point shots. I've watched several interviews with him - while you can tell he's affected, his case is much less severe than most cases you saw in the 1970's.

You can thank Frank Pallone, a Democrat from New Jersey, for the removal of mercury from vaccines, food, and drugs.