[NVIC] CA New Autism Cases At All Time High

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Subject: [NVIC] CA New Autism Cases At All Time High

February 01, 2007 National Vaccine

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" California is now averaging over 9 new cases of full

syndrome autism entering California's DD system a day, seven days a week. 78% of

the autism population in the system is under the age of 18, with 84% under the

age of 22 years old. We currently have 1,223 more 3 to 5 year olds in the system

then we have for ALL ages from 22 years old to 62 years old and beyond. 20 years

ago in 1987 there were 2,273 persons with autism in California's system. Today,

20 years later, there are 32,809. " - Rick Rollens, Co-founder M.I.N.D. Institute

UC-

Barbara Loe Fisher Commentary:

Rick Rollens, co-founder of the M.I.N.D. Institute at UC- and longtime

advocate for autism research, has been working with the California legislature

since the late 1990's to analyze and report on autism incidence statistics in

the state. The first report that California Department of Developmental Services

(DDS) issued on autism increase statistics was in April 1999, when DDS reported

a 273 percent increase between 1987 and 1998 in the numbers of new children with

a professional diagnosis of autism. That groundbreaking report concluded that

" the number of persons with autism grew markedly faster than the numbers of

persons with other developmental disabilities and " compared to characteristics

of 11 years ago, the present population of persons with autism are younger and

have a greater chance of exhibiting no or milder forms of mental retardation. "

Since that 1999 report, Rick has continued to report on autism diagnosis

statistics coming out of the state of California. Yesterday, Rick released

another update of how many children are being professionally diagnosed with full

spectrum DSM IV autism and have been deemed eligible to receive DDS services.

These numbers only represent those children with a full spectrum autism

diagnosis and not those with Asperger's, developmental delays or other autism

spectrum disorders.

The latest news from California is that during the calendar year of 2006,

California added more new cases of autism to the DDS system than have ever been

added to the system in any calendar year. The 3,385 full spectrum autism cases

that were professionally diagnosed and added to the system in 2006 represent a

16 percent increase over calendar year 2005.

The autism epidemic in California is getting worse. It is an epidemic that is

not just confined to California.The autism epidemic, which is part of the larger

chronic disease and disability epidemic affecting so many of our children,

perfectly coincides in the past two decades with the doubling of the number of

doses of vaccines young children get in the first six years of life. In 1987, by

age six children had received 23 doses of seven vaccines. Today, by age six

children receive 48 doses of 14 vaccines at a time when their immune systems and

brains are developing most rapidly.

Constant atypical manipulation of the immune system with lab-altered viral and

bacterial vaccines containing many different additives may well be harming an

expanding number of children, who are biologically vulnerable to vaccine-induced

chronic inflammation and neuroimmune dysfunction. The tragedy of

one-size-fits-all vaccine policies enforced by the law is that an unknown number

of vulnerable children are being written off as expendable in the name of the

" common good. " How many of the growing numbers of autistic children are among

the biologically vulnerable, who cannot handle the 48 doses of 14 vaccines the

CDC and AAP tell doctors to give them?

Answering this question requires scientific investigation that goes far beyond

the mercury hypothesis.

CALIFORNIA REPORTS RECORD AUTISM INCREASES

by Rick Rollens

According to information recently released by the California Department of

Developmental Services (DDS) during calendar year 2006, California added 3,385

new cases of professionally diagnosed, full syndrome autism to it's

developmental services system. This represents the most new cases ever added to

the system in a one year period, and a 16% increase over calendar year 2005.

Also, DDS reports that an all time record number of new intakes came into the

system during one quarter in the 38 year history of California's DD system

during the fourth quarter of 2006 (October through December) when 956 new cases

entered the system. The previous record was 846.

(Keep in mind, that all of the data reported by DDS, ONLY includes persons with

professionally diagnosed full syndrome DSM IV autism, and DOES NOT include

persons with PDD, NOS, Asperger's Syndrome or any other autism spectrum

disorder.)

California is now averaging over 9 new cases of full syndrome autism entering

California's DD system a day, seven days a week.

78% of the autism population in the system is under the age of 18, with 84%

under the age of 22 years old.

We currently have 1,223 more 3 to 5 year olds in the system then we have for ALL

ages from 22 years old to 62 years old and beyond.

20 years ago in 1987 there were 2,273 persons with autism in California's

system. Today, 20 years later, there are 32,809.

By the end of 2002, 39% of all new intakes were full syndrome autism cases. Four

years later at the end of 2006, autism now accounts for 64% of all new intakes.

Therefore, today over 6 out of 10 persons entering California's DD system have

full syndrome autism, and less then four persons entering the system have mental

retardation, cerebral palsy, and epilepsy COMBINED!

Below is a chart comparing the age distribution of the autism population for the

four year period between 12/02 and 12/06 with percentage comparisons broken down

by age group as the part of the whole for 12/02 and 12/06, and the percentage

increase by age group between 12/02 and 12/06:

DECEMBER 2002

3-5 year olds 4039 * (20%)

6-9 year olds 5884 (29%)

10-13 year olds 3733 (18%)

14-17 year olds 1825 (9%)

18-21 year olds 1118 (5%)

22 to 62 and older 3762 (18%)

TOTAL: 20,377

DECEMBER 2006

3-5 year olds 6348 (19%) ** 36%

6-9 year olds 8782 (27%) 33%

10-13 year olds 6312 (19%) 41%

14-17 year olds 4108 (13%) 56%

18-21 year olds 2102 (6%) 47%

22 to 62 and older 5125 (16%) 27%

TOTAL: 32,809

* = % OF WHOLE FOR THAT YEAR

** = % INCREASE OVER FOUR YEARS

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