An expecting mother wrote this yesterday on BabyCenter:
…..more than anything else that could go wrong with this pregnancy, I am more worried about my child having autism than anything else in the world.
These causes, many reported by the popular media, and without valid evidence to back them up, are listed:
- Vaccines, especially with thermisol, the kid getting them all at once (flu shot, MMR)
- Smelling cleaning products while pregnant (Lysol, etc.)
- Advanced maternal age
- Having autism in your family
- Heat, hot baths, hot showers
- Worrying and stressing
- Rainy climates
The UC M.I.N.D. Institute’s MARBLES (rs of Autism Risk in Babies—Learning Early …read more