US Senate Hearing on Autism: It's The Environment Not The Gene Pool
We woke up to a different world on Tuesday, August 3, 2010. With barely any notice, the autism community heard that the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Children’s Health would be holding a hearing entitled, “State of Research on Potential Environmental Health Factors with Autism and Related Neurodevelopment Disorders.”
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Sen. Amy Klobuchar from MN and Sen. Barbara Boxer from CA asked questions and respondents made it clear: Autism is rising dramatically among our children. Genetics can only explain a small percentage of the autism cases. It’s not better diagnosing by doctors or expanding the definition of autism. Something in the environment is damaging our children. It’s leaving them disabled and dependent.
via US Senate Hearing on Autism: It’s The Environment Not The Gene Pool – AGE OF AUTISM.
If you have ANY interest in this topic, you MUST click through to read all that Anne Dachel, Media Editor of Age of Autism has to say.
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Julia Roberts
Julia Roberts is founder of Support for Special Needs and has been a regular contributor since its inception in May 2010. A mom to two kids with special needs, she didn't want other parents to feel what is the often isolating world of raising a child (or two!) with disabilities. Her kids had kidney transplants at the age of eight and will need liver transplants in the future as a result of ARPKD/CHF. They both have vision disorders and learning disabilities.