SchaferAutismReport: Environmental Toxins Contribute To ADHD and Autism

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Subject: Environmental Toxins Contribute To ADHD and AutismTo: "Schafer Autism Report " Date: Thursday, September 10, 2009, 6:59 PM

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PUBLIC HEALTHEnvironmental Toxins Contribute To ADHD and Autism By Deborah Merlin on the LA Special Education Examiner. is.gd/37CHb In this edition of expert corner, Deborah Merlin, Los Angeles mother and author of Victory Over AD/HD; A holistic approach for helping children with Attention Hyperactivity Disorder, discusses the role of environmental toxins in AD/HD and autism. We face an epidemic of neurological and learning disorders that cannot be explained by simple genetics. The Centers for Disease Control report that one

out of six children has a neurological disorder. In the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) alone, 82,326 students receive special-education services. Students with symptoms of ADHD fall under the “Other Health Impairment†category. In 2008, LAUSD reported a total of 6,022 students classified with ADHD. The increase in students with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) enrolled in LAUSD between 2003 and 2008 is truly alarming, especially since the overall student population decreased during those years. Students with ASD numbered 3,497 in 2003. 2008 enrollment figures indicate there were 8,516 students enrolled, almost two and a half times the number of students registered in 2003. In other words, in 2003, one out of 211 children was identified on the autism spectrum. In 2008, the number of students with autism increased to one out

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