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wowwoweowza@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• Furbag@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  There is an incorrect belief that autism is on the rise and that it must be caused by something, but in reality we are just getting better at identifying it and diagnosing people correctly. So it’s not that there is an autism epidemic, we’re just discovering that it’s less rare of a condition than previously assumed.

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  • wowwoweowza@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    So… someone went through a great deal of trouble to share this. Why? I’m confused. What is the message and the audience? Is there something I am supposed to do?

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    • ghterve@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      One example is anti-vaxxers claiming vaccines are causing the increase in autism. When challenged, one possible response they parrot is “well then what is the cause?”. The message is that there isn’t a cause because there isn’t an increase in the first place

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      • wowwoweowza@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Between Trump, Palestine, Russia, Ukraine… I just ain’t got time for one other thing. Not this. If there’s nothing I can even imagine doing about this, why is it my business?

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    • Letstakealook@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      The message is correcting a misconception utilizing a concept most people would understand better. It isn’t a call to action, just informational.

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      • wowwoweowza@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        I’m going to take another ration of downvotes, but I confess: this shit is not my business.

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• AdolfSchmitler@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Autism

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