Awesome piece from Age of Autism today: What would you ask - TopicsExpress



          

Awesome piece from Age of Autism today: What would you ask during the OGR hearing today? Here are some questions from our colleagues. Add your own in our comments. 1. The Combating Autism Act has directed the NIH to spend over $1.64BILLION on autism research. Yet after close to 10 years you admit that you have come up with no new treatments for autism, and that you have not prevented a single case of autism. Why should IACC continue and why should you continue in your position? (Insels admission at last IACC hearing to Dr. Enayati at 6:20 https://youtube/watch?v=XMjFluo4Az4) 2. The 2006 Combating Autism Act that authorized this massive expenditure and put the IACC in place is up for reauthorization in September. If 8 years and a billion dollars didnt make a dent in the autism epidemic, but in fact watches in increase, then how much money and how much time do you and your colleagues believe that the American People should spend on your failed efforts? Will another billion dollars and another decade only see a greater autism increase? 3. It had been long believed that autism was mostly genetically induced, but in July of 2011, Stanford released a very comprehensive study showing that non-genetic factors played the greatest role in determining autism risk. This ground breaking study showed, that approximately 38% were due to genetic factors and 62% were environmental. (med.stanford.edu/ism/2011/july/autism.html) In March of this year, the University of Chicago released a study that showed again that the environment was the main factor in developing autism. (uchospitals.edu/news/2014/20140313-autism.html) Why is NIH spending money on genetic autism research at a 6:1 ratio over environmental causation research when you, yourself, have admitted that autism is mostly environmentally induced? This spending pattern flies in the face of all logic in light of the epidemic rise of autism. There are no genetic epidemics. 4. Why does CDC’s most recent autism surveillance cover children born in 2002, well over a decade behind, and only begin surveillance in a population born in 1992? This lackadaisical pace of surveillance combined with the narrow time period of inquiry appears almost consciously designed not to shed light on the problem. The CDC’s feeble and illogical response to the autism epidemic lies at the root of the problem and has helped perpetuate what has clearly become a national emergency. 5. Do you deny that 1 in 68 children born in 2002 being diagnosed with autism can be anything else but an epidemic of historic proportions? How much is this epidemic costing the US? 6. What do you consider your personal accountability for the failures of the IACC and the CAA? Read the rest at the link
Posted on: Tue, 20 May 2014 17:28:13 +0000

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