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<blockquote data-quote="Shari" data-source="post: 234321" data-attributes="member: 1848"><p>I think its a combination of a lot of things. </p><p>***</p><p>While I know my son's issues aren't vaccine related (because we delayed his vaccines due to family history of allergy), I think there are probably cases that could be. Heavy metal poisoning and sleep apnea in children can cause a lot of the same symptoms as BiPolar (BP) and Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). </p><p>***</p><p>And FWIW, I was told by the doctor at a prevailing autism clinic run by our state's university that my son is cured of autism. She told me that about 5&#37; of autism cases cure themselves. As you've read my posts, obviously, my son is not "cured", but his autistic traits aren't as prevalent, and this doctor, at a major university, says he's cured.</p><p>***</p><p>As for where this epidemic comes from? I don't know. I think a straight up ADHD child 50 years ago or more was probably an asset. As Daisy said, the farm life is suitable to that sort of child. Getting back much farther than that, we know children with birth defects or MR were locked away or killed. I suspect children with severe behaviors were probably treated the same. Life then was about the good of the family, not the individuals in it.</p><p>***</p><p>Our lifestyle today mandates more and more that both parents work - where moms before could have been keeping a challenging child at home, nowadays, that's not always an option. And we're asking our kids to do more and more sit-down work earlier and earlier. Children that don't fit that mold are identified earlier now.</p><p>***</p><p>Our lives are more stressful now. Its more of a "to each his own" society. Largely, we don't live in tight knit social/familial groups anymore. Many, many people are on their own to handle everything.</p><p>***</p><p>Thirty years ago, we started de-insitutionalizing. People that were kept from reproducing 30 years ago, now are having children. Sometimes lots of them. </p><p>***</p><p>I think there may be more children affected and we are recognizing things more. And the children aren't hidden like they once were.</p><p>***</p><p>We know that older women are more likely to have children with Down's Syndrome and other problems. What do we know about maternal age related to behavioral issues/mental health issues? Our child bearing prime is largely considered too young in this society - what's the genetic pricetag on that?</p><p>***</p><p>I was also told the craziest theory, but I thought, what the heck. I was told that the body often processes paraben as an estrogen, and may be responsible for "man boobs" on little boys and early sexual identity in children. I just heard it in passing, but I did a little digging on my own, and found it was a huge component of laundry detergents, soaps, etc. so I started using natural laundry detergent and glycerin soap. Wee difficult child's hypersexual tendencies have decreased. As a control, I went back to our old brand, and guess what reappeared? We're back to natural laundry detergent and glycerine soap. So yes, I think our whole world today could be contributing to these problems. Some people's genes can probably handle it all, like smokers who smoke all their lives and never get cancer while others die very young. We have a plethra of new additives and chemicals, not so much really "toxins", in our environment, and most of them are relatively new to our genes - who's to say there isn't a genetic deficiency that some people can't handle some of it. That they aren't "toxic" to some people. </p><p>***</p><p>And this is probably a touchy one, but...we save people now. People who couldn't have children before are now reproducing thru modern medicine. People who would have died young of serious diseases are living and having children. Babies are born at 28 weeks and survive. We have eliminated natural selection. I'm certainly not saying we shouldn't be doing these things, but I think it has an impact on the issues we are seeing down the line - we're keeping weaker genes.</p><p>***</p><p>As for autism, I think they will find one day that there are multiple sub-groups of autism. Some caused by irreversible neurological differences, and other forms with other, very different, causes.</p><p>***</p><p>They now say that people exposed to dirt and germs as children have healthier immune systems. Yet our houses are tighter; we don't have drafts. Our air is recirculated thru modern heating and cooling devices. We use antibacterial soap and our kids don't sit or work in the dirt all day. </p><p>***</p><p>And who knows what the boob-tube is really impacting.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shari, post: 234321, member: 1848"] I think its a combination of a lot of things. *** While I know my son's issues aren't vaccine related (because we delayed his vaccines due to family history of allergy), I think there are probably cases that could be. Heavy metal poisoning and sleep apnea in children can cause a lot of the same symptoms as BiPolar (BP) and Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). *** And FWIW, I was told by the doctor at a prevailing autism clinic run by our state's university that my son is cured of autism. She told me that about 5% of autism cases cure themselves. As you've read my posts, obviously, my son is not "cured", but his autistic traits aren't as prevalent, and this doctor, at a major university, says he's cured. *** As for where this epidemic comes from? I don't know. I think a straight up ADHD child 50 years ago or more was probably an asset. As Daisy said, the farm life is suitable to that sort of child. Getting back much farther than that, we know children with birth defects or MR were locked away or killed. I suspect children with severe behaviors were probably treated the same. Life then was about the good of the family, not the individuals in it. *** Our lifestyle today mandates more and more that both parents work - where moms before could have been keeping a challenging child at home, nowadays, that's not always an option. And we're asking our kids to do more and more sit-down work earlier and earlier. Children that don't fit that mold are identified earlier now. *** Our lives are more stressful now. Its more of a "to each his own" society. Largely, we don't live in tight knit social/familial groups anymore. Many, many people are on their own to handle everything. *** Thirty years ago, we started de-insitutionalizing. People that were kept from reproducing 30 years ago, now are having children. Sometimes lots of them. *** I think there may be more children affected and we are recognizing things more. And the children aren't hidden like they once were. *** We know that older women are more likely to have children with Down's Syndrome and other problems. What do we know about maternal age related to behavioral issues/mental health issues? Our child bearing prime is largely considered too young in this society - what's the genetic pricetag on that? *** I was also told the craziest theory, but I thought, what the heck. I was told that the body often processes paraben as an estrogen, and may be responsible for "man boobs" on little boys and early sexual identity in children. I just heard it in passing, but I did a little digging on my own, and found it was a huge component of laundry detergents, soaps, etc. so I started using natural laundry detergent and glycerin soap. Wee difficult child's hypersexual tendencies have decreased. As a control, I went back to our old brand, and guess what reappeared? We're back to natural laundry detergent and glycerine soap. So yes, I think our whole world today could be contributing to these problems. Some people's genes can probably handle it all, like smokers who smoke all their lives and never get cancer while others die very young. We have a plethra of new additives and chemicals, not so much really "toxins", in our environment, and most of them are relatively new to our genes - who's to say there isn't a genetic deficiency that some people can't handle some of it. That they aren't "toxic" to some people. *** And this is probably a touchy one, but...we save people now. People who couldn't have children before are now reproducing thru modern medicine. People who would have died young of serious diseases are living and having children. Babies are born at 28 weeks and survive. We have eliminated natural selection. I'm certainly not saying we shouldn't be doing these things, but I think it has an impact on the issues we are seeing down the line - we're keeping weaker genes. *** As for autism, I think they will find one day that there are multiple sub-groups of autism. Some caused by irreversible neurological differences, and other forms with other, very different, causes. *** They now say that people exposed to dirt and germs as children have healthier immune systems. Yet our houses are tighter; we don't have drafts. Our air is recirculated thru modern heating and cooling devices. We use antibacterial soap and our kids don't sit or work in the dirt all day. *** And who knows what the boob-tube is really impacting. [/QUOTE]
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