Guest guest Posted August 18, 2010 Report Share Posted August 18, 2010 Autism's Biggest ScandalIs it possible for public health authorities to re-examine their rigid assumptions about autism disorders and if so how long does it take? Autism research funding has been absolutely dominated for decades by the assumption that autism is 100% genetic. The "its gotta be genetic" model of autism research funding was exposed over a decade ago by Binstock. At the same time public health authorities knew, or should have known, that autism is not 100% genetic; that environmental factors are involved.The twin studies in fact pointed to the genetic environmental model of interaction as the best model for examining autism disorders in the 1990's, as the following 1998 published abstract illustrates, and yet purely genetic research continues to be funded at approximately 19 or 20 to 1 over environmentally focused autism research. This imbalance is a scandal. ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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