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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes of course that’s a fine question, which dedicated and meticulous scientists have been researching. What rfk jr means to say is he has rounded up some whackadoos to say it’s the MMR. [/quote]

They are not "wackos" just because they might not align with your views. Honestly, I think our world is better for having people looking into this issue. When I had my kids in the mid 2000s, I remember being scared to death when I heard that autism rates were 1 in 220, but now it's around 1 in 30. Something is not right.[/quote]

More people on the autism spectrum are having kids than they did 30, 40, 50 years ago. Why? There's more acceptance of neurodivergent people, and it's more possible for someone with autism to have a successful career and make good money than it was in the 1970s. Tech industry, anyone?[/quote]
DP. This is a theory as much as vaccines cause autism is a theory lol. You’re telling me that in 1950 an autistic person couldn’t have a successful career working on an assembly line or at a steel mill?[/quote]

I have a relative whom I believe to be autistic. I saw him as a child and growing up, and he had and still has many behaviors that fit into an autism diagnosis. Except no one really recognized that when he was a child, even though his parents took him to doctors for educational testing and evaluation. So he never received the types of supports a kid today would get. I believe he never developed to his full potential.

He never fully launched and never had a long term romantic relationship. In today’s world, he would have been diagnosed and been treated far differently at school. He probably would have had a better chance of a good job and a spouse if he’d received supports to help him relate better to other people.

So, yes, I definitely believe diagnosis can have a positive effect on people’s lives. 
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