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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t understand some of you upset over this, it’s not new information. I am grateful it is now being discussed more prevalently and thus might prevent just 1 child from developing autism. [/quote]

A child does not develop autism. A child is born  with it. Genetics is where you want look- not food, vitamins, supplements,  or medication. [/quote]

Not true at all. Sometimes it’s present from birth while other times development is typical until it isn’t. Reasons TBD.[/quote]

Just because it's not observable for a time doesn't mean the condition isn't present.  There are plenty of examples of genetic conditions that don't manifest until later in life, much later than autism.[/quote]

Go do some research, you aren’t ready for a discussion on this topic if you think all cases present from birth.
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Okay, maybe there's a problem with "present," the verb versus the noun. A person may show no symptoms at all for years, but genetic underpinning is there and slowly working its way to being observable.  For an extreme example, think of Huntington's disease:  If you have the gene and live long enough, you will get the disease.  But it may not manifest until midlife despite being undetectable (other than by genetic testing) for decades.

I suppose it's possible, perhaps likely, that there are different forms of what we label "autism," and some forms may be triggered by environmental factors.  But even those cases likely have some underlying genetic vulnerability.

I wasn't aware of the type of folate deficiency that may occur in certain individuals (again, genetically determined), in which certain types of folate can't be metabolized and block folate receptors.  [/quote]
DP. There are decades of research on the prenatal environment and autism risk. Numerous autism/identical twin studies. Cerebral folate deficiency is a thing that exist. There are many other factors which are not purely genetic. Also the sheer volume of genes that have been identified as moderate impact for developing autism. Just because you hate RFK jr doesn’t make you any more informed than he is. Many people on here have autistic kids and have worked with geneticists and participated in research and actually read the studies as opposed to reading a few articles summarizing it written by people who majored in English.

Honestly I find this whole thing a bit of a nothing after he hyped up how he was going to blow the lid of this autism thing. [/quote]

I don’t think there’s any lid left to blow, those of us that are in the field understand there’s a range of contributing factors and things like medications and yes even vaccine ingredients and other chemicals etc are possible environmental contributors along with genetic components. All these things have been known since at least the 90s, probably before that.

[b]I think RFK’s job will be informing the masses and cleaning up research to minimize data suppression and hopefully eliminate some of the problems with research efficacy and conflicts of interest. [/b]

Hopefully in 10 years none of this will be taboo to talk about, parents and physicians will be better informed and understand environmental and genetic risks, and [b]they will be able to recognize early signs and know how to gain access to early intervention and childhood services. [/b]Hopefully we can get improvements in adult services too as those are lacking. [/quote]

Such DUMB statements. Please explain what early interventions are helpful for autism. Parents with autistic children really want to know about these imaginary interventions. Are you saying autism can be cured with these magical interventions? Please elaborate.

What the hell does your comment about RFK's job being "informing the masses" and "cleaning up research" mean? The man is neither sane nor intelligent enough to do either. He clearly will increase data suppression.

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Initial poster here is correct. The second poster, not so much.
Most people understand that this is a multifactoral factor that includes genetics and environmental triggers. Also, the growing research for early intervention is very positive, but no it does not cure autism.

If you don’t think that research has been impacted by politics and especially Fortune 500 companies for decades, you are the problem.[/quote]

Ok … How do you think what RFK is doing is helping? [/quote]

RFK Jr Mr Brain worm would not know one thing about science. He is a heiron addict for god's sake.[/quote]

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