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You don't contract autism. Autism is not a progressively degenerative disease.

Wrong and Wrong. That is not what the data says. As the parent of an autistic child, the daughter of a physician/psychiatrist, the sister-in-law of a pediatric neuropsychiatrist, I am very knowledgeable about this subject. The Autism Genome Project was strictly a DNA study. NOT A SINGLE AUTISTIC CHILD WAS EXAMINED BY A PHYSICIAN. NOT ONE. Here is what the study actually says:

More than 130 researchers from 50 institutions in eight countries made scans of DNA from 8,000 people in 1,600 families. From all that data, scientists uncovered two new mutations possibly linked to an increased risk of susceptibility to autism (italics/enhancement mine).

The key words here are risk and susceptibility. The study does NOT say is that autism is not a disease, or that vaccines or anything else do anything one way or the other, and most importantly, it does NOT say that children with this gene mutation are inextricably destined to be autistic.

I will say this until I turn blue: Autistic children invariably have inflammation in their brain and gut, painful, chronic diarrhea, leaky gut syndrome, massive systemic yeast infections, multiple food and environmental allergies, viral syndromes, and myriad other autoimmune problems. How is this not a "disease"? The tendency toward autoimmune disease runs in families -- THAT is the genetic component. A look at the medical history of the family of an autistic child will reveal case after case of close relatives with lupus, inflammatory bowel disease, MS, and other autoimmune disorders. A look at the laboratory profile of individual autistic children will invariably show nutrient deficiencies (due to the inability of the gut to absorb them), elevated viral titers, elevated candida titers, severely depleted or severely elevated T-cell counts, and myraid other abnormalities. The Autism Genome Project did not address any of that; it wasn't intended to. I can show you hundreds of serious, peer reviewed, clinical, not epidemiological, studies, from top institutions, that clearly show a disease process going on in these kids -- including Johns Hopkins, The Mind Institute at U.C. Davis, UCLA, MIT, and others. The article in the April, 2007 Discover Magazine alone is very comprehensive, well-documented, and starts with the following statement:

The devastating derangements of autism also show up in the gut and in the immune system. That unexpected discovery is sparking new treatments that target the body in addition to the brain.

Article:

Autism: It's Not Just In The Head

Please read it. It is scientifically impossible to have an "epidemic" of a genetic disorder without a trigger of some sort. As my son's doctor says, "Cannot. Happen."

Sorry if I am being very harsh. I'm just sick to death of hearing this same bullshit mantra from the media and others who either don't understand the data, don't want to, or are in outright cahoots with the drug companies who fund most of these epidemiological studies...and who never raised, examined or treated an autistic child.

/Rant over.

My honest opinion, maum, is there's probably no truth in the Wi-Fi stuff. That study didn't address the underlying disease process of autism, or as some doctors call it, Neuroimmune Dysfunction Syndrome (NIDS or NDS, depending on whom you talk to). My own son's doctor (a pediatric immunologist) refuses to even call it autism. The laboratory (blood) profile of these children is identical to that of a Chronic Fatigue Immune Dysfunction (also called "Chronic Fatigue Syndrome") patient -- even in children who seem perfectly healthy. My son wasn't healthy, though. He caught everything, had mysterious fevers, ear infections every month, diarrhea, wouldn't eat, was addicted to milk and dairy products. He had dark circles under his eyes -- a common feature of autistic children. Today, thanks to treatment he's very healthy --- this was the first year that he didn't catch anything right when school started! And as he gets healthier, his overall function is improving, but his brain needs stimulation to catch up. He responds to the educational/behavioral therapies better now than he did when he was younger, simply because he feels better. My son's doctor also helps families prevent autism from developing in their younger children.


Autism is caused by two factors: genetic susceptibility, and a major insult or series of smaller insults to the infant's immature immune system. The reason the "vaccine" studies don't bear out a definite link is because there are hundreds of possible triggers, not just one.

I'm not trying to scare you, maum, I just want to give you information. Do read the Discover Magazine article. There's lots of good info in there. And PM me if you'd like more info.