Autism amongst the amish. Medical search. Frequent questions

And the autism rates among Amish families who refuse to vaccinate? (losethebackpain.com)
Compelling evidence was heard from John Hopkins and New Jersey universities in the USA and from Dr Peter Fletcher (published in the Mail on Sunday in February 2006), as was also the Dan Olmsted evidence of the Amish and other exclusive committees in the USA which do not vaccinate their children. (whale.to)
In most cases (86 percent), Amish parents who did not vaccinate gave the same reason as most any other parent: concern over adverse effects. (thevaccinereaction.org)
For instance, it repeats reporter Dan Olmsted's myth that the Amish do not vaccinate and do not get autism. (skepdoc.info)

Right-wing anti-vaccination activists have circulated false claims that unvaccinated Amish people do not experience cancer, autism, or diabetes. (wikipedia.org)
The Amish Enigma: Zero Cancer, Diabetes, Autism - How? (thesurvivalguide.com)

The Unvaccinated Amish Rarely Get Cancer, Autism or Heart Disease… Coincidence? (endalldisease.com)
They rarely receive vaccines, and they rarely come down with diseases like cancer, autism or heart disease. (endalldisease.com)
The authors of that study concluded that cancer rates among the Ohio Amish are significantly lower overall compared to the general population and that the reduced incidence can be only partially explained by differences in tobacco usage. (thevaccinereaction.org)

Across America, the current population of Amish people is quickly approaching 400,000. (slaynews.com)

A major study into the impact of the pandemic on Amish communities has found that Covid death rates among the traditionalist groups of citizens are 90 times lower than for the rest of America. (slaynews.com)

The body of ex-Amishman Eli Stutzman-convicted of one murder, suspected in four others-lies in a Texas morgue, unclaimed by his former Ohio Amish community. (amishamerica.com)
2 As an example, a massive vaccination campaign in response to an outbreak of 314 measles cases among the Ohio Amish in 2014 significantly increased vaccination rates among that population and is being credited with preventing "widespread transmission of measles within the entire North American Amish population. (thevaccinereaction.org)

During the reign of Napoleon, the obligation that Amish people take up arms caused many Amish people to leave France for colonial America. (wikipedia.org)
A comprehensive study has found that no Amish children have been diagnosed with chronic conditions that impact the rest of America. (slaynews.com)
The Amish travel by horse and buggy, and dress exactly as their forebears did when they first arrived in America almost 300 years ago. (atheistmedia.com)

Many have pointed to the Amish, who often forgo vaccination, and according to some have low-to-nonexistent rates of autism, as evidence of the link. (amishamerica.com)
The best chance for evaluating the impact of many modern practices, not only vaccination, may be to look at populations that, by nature, tend not to fully participate in those interventions: Protected religious separatist groups like the Plain People, which includes the Amish, the Mennonites and comparable offshoots of Europe's "Anabaptist Movement" that followed the Protestant Reformation of 1525. (thevaccinereaction.org)
A total of 10 positive comments (10/74, 14%) specifically refuted the link between autism and vaccination. (jmir.org)

This spike in the number of cases of autism over the past two decades in the US coincide directly with the vaccine schedule increase, by quantity and frequency, that is being enforced by the CDC. (endalldisease.com)
After a 2008 measles outbreak in California - which, incidentally, was started after a non-vaccinated patient of self-proclaimed vaccine and autism expert "Dr. Bob" Sears came back from a European vacation with the virus - a Los Angeles Times investigation identified two hundred Southern California schools where outbreaks are more likely "in large part because of parents choosing not to immunize. (sethmnookin.com)
Government health officials have conceded that childhood vaccines worsened a rare, underlying disorder that ultimately led to autism-like symptoms in a Georgia girl, and that she should be paid from a federal vaccine-injury fund. (sott.net)
Responses to a 2007 survey of Amish parents showed that 68 percent of families had allowed at least one vaccine for all of their children, 17 percent had allowed some of their children to receive at least one vaccine, and 14 percent had not vaccinated their children at all. (thevaccinereaction.org)
Though not a clean comparison of vaccinated/unvaccinated, many of the conditions potentially linked to the chronic inflammations associated with vaccine toxicity are missing or rare among the Amish. (thevaccinereaction.org)
It cites Andrew Wakefield's studies allegedly linking the MMR vaccine to autism and his unsupported speculations that single vaccines are preferable. (skepdoc.info)

It's time to turn our eyes from the pandemic BACK to autism and our ever growing needs. (ageofautism.com)

Sharp increases in the number of vaccines given to children over the past two decades have occurred in direct proportion to increased cases of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). (endalldisease.com)
Every jab contributes to increased accumulation of poisons in the brain of children, causing widespread brain and bodily damage that is often labelled and officially diagnosed as autism. (endalldisease.com)
When you compare Autism rates among the Amish community to the US national average, you can expect to find about 200 children with Autism. (endalldisease.com)
Yet if you take a trip to the heart of Pennsylvania Dutch country, you wouldn't even find yourself 6 Amish children with autism. (endalldisease.com)
Can Amish children have autism too? (gentsoflancaster.com)
In fact, perhaps because of inbreeding among various Amish communities, birth-related conditions are fairly common among Amish children at a rate higher than society at large. (gentsoflancaster.com)
These days a large number of children who fit any of those descriptions are likely to be tagged with the autism label, or their parents will be told that they have a disorder (like Asperger's syndrome) that falls somewhere in the autism spectrum. (blogspot.com)
We will not find effective cures for autism until we add biological markers to behavioral symptoms in diagnosing children. (blogspot.com)
The currently preferred treatment for children exhibiting early signs of autism is enrollment in intensive behavioral programs. (blogspot.com)
According to a CDC epidemiologist named Tom Verstraeten, who had analyzed the agency's massive database containing the medical records of 100,000 children, a mercury-based preservative in the vaccines-thimerosal-appeared to be responsible for a dramatic increase in autism and a host of other neurological disorders among children. (unknowncountry.com)
Since 1991, when the CDC and the FDA had recommended that three additional vaccines laced with the preservative be given to extremely young infants-in one case, within hours of birth-the estimated number of cases of autism had increased fifteenfold, from one in every 2,500 children to one in 166 children. (unknowncountry.com)
While some parents subscribe to the belief that the side effects of vaccinations (autism and brain damage) are more harmful than the diseases they are intended to immunize the child from, other parents view it is a must-do action to protect the health of their children. (losethebackpain.com)
Just as some drug companies have overdiagnosed ADD and ADHD to peddle dangerous speed-like drugs to children as young as 4 years of age, this cartel of doctors and drug companies is now creating a national panic by overdiagnosing autism , for which there is no medical diagnosis! (webcommentary.com)
No studies so far have pinpointed the cause of autism, but some strongly suggest that something in the vaccines given to children could be the cause. (webcommentary.com)
According to Dr. Mayer Eisenstein, Homefirst s medical director, of the 35,000 children served by Homefirst over the past thirty years not a single case of autism has been noted among unvaccinated children. (webcommentary.com)
Amish children have no autism at all AND they have never been vaccinated. (infiniteunknown.net)
Cases of autism amongst children have doubled since 2003 according to a government survey out today, highlighting once again the direct link between vaccines containing mercury and the brain disorder, as millions more parents give the green light for their kids to be injected with the thimerosal-containing H1N1 shot over the coming weeks. (infiniteunknown.net)
While research has suggested that the prevalence of autism spectrum disorders in American children was about 1 of every 150 children, a new government study estimates that the prevalence is more likely about 1 in every 91 children ," reports U.S. News & World Report . (infiniteunknown.net)
That currently translates to about 673,000 American children with some form of autism, according to the study. (infiniteunknown.net)
Cases of autism in the U.S. have now increased by over 2700 per cent since 1991, which is when vaccines for children doubled, and the number of immunizations is only increasing. (infiniteunknown.net)
Just one in 2,500 children were diagnosed with autism before 1991, whereas one in 91 children now have the disease, up from one in 150 just six years ago. (infiniteunknown.net)
Dr. Rashid Buttar, who has pioneered a new treatment for autistic children that removes mercury from their bodies, said the Institute of Medicine's conclusion that mercury does not cause autism demonstrates the "complete absence of any desire to discover scientific truth at the supposed highest levels of medical academia. (infiniteunknown.net)
The Plain People, which includes the Amish and Mennonites, may offer the best chance to evaluate the health differences between mostly vaccinated and mostly unvaccinated children. (thevaccinereaction.org)

I was actually stunned by what I saw," Verstraeten told those assembled at Simpsonwood, citing the staggering number of earlier studies that indicate a link between thimerosal and speech delays, attention-deficit disorder, hyperactivity and autism. (unknowncountry.com)
The CDC paid the Institute of Medicine to conduct a new study to whitewash the risks of thimerosal, ordering researchers to "rule out" the chemical's link to autism. (unknowncountry.com)
Claims by the CDC and the Institute of Medicine, following a whitewash study that ignored previously verified evidence, that thimerosal, a mercury based preservative, has no causal relationship to skyrocketing cases of autism have been soundly rejected by top doctors and scientists ever since. (infiniteunknown.net)
Epidemiologist Tom Verstraeten and Dr. Richard Johnston, an immunologist and pediatrician from the University of Colorado, both concluded that thimerosal was responsible for the dramatic rise in cases of autism but their findings were dismissed by the CDC. (infiniteunknown.net)
By the time Verstraeten finally published his study in 2003, he had gone to work for GlaxoSmithKline and reworked his data to bury the link between thimerosal and autism. (southerncrossreview.org)
It admits that removing thimerosal from vaccines did not decrease the rate of autism, but it claims that autism was increased by thimerosal added to flu vaccines and by the amount of aluminum in vaccines. (skepdoc.info)

In 2021, several Old Order Amish families in Adams County, Indiana sued the county sewer district because they alleged that the county had forced them to hook up to the sewer system when using electricity was against their religious beliefs. (wikipedia.org)
PORTLAND, Oregon-We're finishing up the filming for our new documentary, SPELLERS , a movie inspired by the book my son Jamie and I wrote in 2021 titled Underestimated: an Autism Miracle . (ageofautism.com)

For those who haven't heard already, the DTaP (diphtheria, tetanus, and acellular pertussis) shot has been linked to autism, SIDs, anaphylactic shock, and other forms of brain damage. (losethebackpain.com)

As a result, there could be an autistic Amish child in a family, but the behavior would be shrugged off and not investigated from a medical perspective (unless a medical provider actively sought a diagnosis). (gentsoflancaster.com)
There are also less severe manifestations that resemble autism and they are lumped into a group called an autistic spectrum. (webcommentary.com)
UPI Reporter Dan Olmsted went looking for the autistic Amish. (lesswrong.com)

As a result, the ideas below are based on experience among the Amish in Lancaster, PA - not hard data. (gentsoflancaster.com)
A group called Respect Amish was formed in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, calling for the show to be cancelled. (wikipedia.org)

Young people who aren't Amish may try to force Amish horses and buggies off the road, throw firecrackers at the horses of Amish people, throw stones at Amish people, or otherwise engage in acts of petty vandalism, harassment, and violence. (wikipedia.org)

It ended up with an education not only on autism but on Big Pharma. (webcommentary.com)
Big Pharma companies are reportedly gearing toward comprehensive treatment programs for autism spectrum disorder (ASD). (naturalnews.com)

When a study revealed that mercury in childhood vaccines may have caused autism in thousands of kids, the government rushed to conceal the data - and to prevent parents from suing drug companies for their role in the epidemic. (unknowncountry.com)
A recent blog post on Amish and autism I stumbled across takes on the controversial view that childhood vaccines and autism are linked. (amishamerica.com)

News and commentary on the autism epidemic and my beautiful boy who is living with autism. (blogspot.com)

The bad news is that the reported incidence of autism has tripled over the last decade. (blogspot.com)
The Amish incidence of non-tobacco-related cancers was 72 percent of the age-adjusted adult rate in Ohio ( p = 0.0001). (thevaccinereaction.org)

Within the life-altering category of pervasive developmental disorders is autism - a continuum of problems that is now collectively referred to as autism spectrum disorders . (orionmagazine.org)

Explore the information to see autism spectrum disorder (ASD) prevalence estimates and demographic characteristics at the national, state, and community levels. (cdc.gov)

A mutation in this gene in some Amish families has previously been shown to cause a form of autism and epilepsy. (yale.edu)
Haploinsufficiency of TRIP12 causes a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by intellectual disability associated with epilepsy, autism spectrum disorder and dysmorphic features, also named Clark-Baraitser syndrome. (bvsalud.org)

There is nothing inherent in the genetic makeup or way of life in the Amish subculture that would make them immune to an autism diagnosis or the symptoms it entails. (gentsoflancaster.com)

While Amish families receive medical care from qualified providers just like the rest of the United States, the Amish themselves only participate in education to an eighth grade level. (gentsoflancaster.com)
For many individuals with autism and their families, their first experience with the Waisman Center may be through the center's Autism and Developmental Disabilities (A&DD) Clinic. (wisc.edu)
Documentary following the lives of two Amish families leaving the only world they've ever known and trying to get to grips with the modern world. (atheistmedia.com)

In other words, what we call autism today is likely to constitute two, three or even more quite different disorders. (blogspot.com)

To find new cures, we need more research into the biological bases of the various types of autism. (blogspot.com)
We're used to being told that autism has no treatments or cures. (ageofautism.com)

Due to the Amish belief in pacifism, Amish victims of these crimes rarely retaliate. (wikipedia.org)

The Amish are a group of traditional Christian people with Swiss origins. (endalldisease.com)
Anti-Amish sentiment is discrimination, persecution, hostility or prejudice directed against Amish people or the Amish religion. (wikipedia.org)
Amish people were subjected to violent persecution in Europe during the 18th and 19th centuries, causing many to leave Europe as refugees and settle in the United States. (wikipedia.org)
Amish people and other Anabaptists in the French region of Alsace experienced persecution during the reign of Louis XIV. (wikipedia.org)
Claping (pronounced "clay-ping") refers to hate crimes and harassment directed against Amish people. (wikipedia.org)
Some critics alleged that the reality television series Amish in the City capitalized on and promoted popular stereotypes about Amish people. (wikipedia.org)
The controversial American reality television series Amish Mafia has been widely criticized for bigotry and inaccurate depictions of Amish people. (wikipedia.org)
"Look at any study of the Amish and you will find by almost any health metric, they are healthier than the people living off USDA-approved food," he noted. (naturalnews.com)
If I was an Amish leader, I would be looking for a new country to move my people to, where freedom of religion is still a reality. (vaccineliberationarmy.com)
Amish people can seem a little health-obsessed. (amishamerica.com)
At the end of the day, ALL that matters is that we support people with autism to communicate by ANY means. (ageofautism.com)

First, medical services are some of the most expensive needs in the country, and the Amish don't have health insurance in most cases. (gentsoflancaster.com)
Statistically, there should have been over 200 cases of full-blown autism. (webcommentary.com)

The Waisman Center ECHO platform will serve as a diagnostic and treatment training hub to share the center's expertise on intellectual and developmental disabilities, such as autism, Down syndrome, and cerebral palsy, throughout the state and beyond. (wisc.edu)
An investigation by Kingston University London has found that the Netherlands is accepting autism, mental illness and other intellectual handicaps. (naturalnews.com)

If autism is present in Amish communities according to the current accepted definition, why isn't the phenomenon of autism discussed more as it relates to the Amish? (gentsoflancaster.com)

The Amish typically shy away from publicity, as a part of their humble religion, but Pennsylvania farmer Amos Miller decided the USDA's war against him and other small, organic farmers is the hill he will die on and is prepared to take his battle all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, if necessary. (naturalnews.com)
This is about the USDA's attempt to monopolize our food supply, and they targeted an Amish farmer to set the precedent. (naturalnews.com)

A Yale-led team of scientists found that estrogens could reverse abnormal behavior in zebrafish carrying a mutation in a gene strongly associated with autism and seizures in humans, they reported Jan. 28 in the journal Neuron. (yale.edu)

So with this in mind, why don't you hear about autism in Amish communities? (gentsoflancaster.com)
More importantly, the Amish tend to stick together in their communities and discuss community issues together. (gentsoflancaster.com)
So one of the most likely reasons why autism isn't discussed in relation to the Amish is probably the simplest: They don't publicize it outside of their communities. (gentsoflancaster.com)
In those communities autism is unknown. (whale.to)

Second, almost all Amish occupations somehow involve manual labor. (gentsoflancaster.com)

The study, which is published in the October issue of Pediatrics, estimated that 110 of every 10,000 U.S. youngsters will be diagnosed at some point in their lives with an autism spectrum disorder. (infiniteunknown.net)
Our study shows the strength of using zebrafish mutants as a platform to identify compounds with relevance to autism, though there is much more work to do before this can be applied to humans. (yale.edu)

The Mercury-Autism Connection by RFK, Jr. (unknowncountry.com)

US Autism rates have increased 38% since 2012. (endalldisease.com)
Researchers like Dr. Stephanie Senoff of MIT have predicted rates of autism will be 1 in 2 in the US by 2025. (endalldisease.com)
A report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has revealed that autism rates are "rising and changing quickly" in the United. (naturalnews.com)

Former Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett called for the cancellation of the series, calling it a "bigoted portrayal" of Amish life. (wikipedia.org)
Processing meat "the old fashioned way" on your own property in the U.S. can now lead to jail time, as has been proven by an Amish man from Pennsylvania who was threatened with a hefty prison sentence and issued a whopping $300,000 fine for doing just that. (naturalnews.com)
The largest concentrations of Amish citizens are 90,000 in Pennsylvania and 82,000 in Ohio. (slaynews.com)

The Amish are unvaccinated and chronic degenerative diseases seen in vaccinated populations are almost non-existent. (endalldisease.com)

The Amish emerged as a religious community in 18th century Europe, where they experienced religious persecution. (wikipedia.org)
And now, Skyhorse has again shown its unending support for the autism community with a new book, The Spellers Guidebook . (ageofautism.com)

In this context, "strange" means a child is doing something out of the Amish norm, like exhibiting antisocial behavior or harsh reactions to minor stimulus. (gentsoflancaster.com)

Many Amish purchase piles of vitamins and supplements via local dealers and mail order. (amishamerica.com)

Weird Al even sent it up, repeatedly, in his notorious parody of Amish life (recall the enthusiastic butter-churning, if you've seen the video). (amishamerica.com)

It 'should' be expected that the rate of autism is the same as in the general population? (lesswrong.com)

This means that even with medical assistance, an Amish family may not fully understand autism to the extent that they can request a specialist to evaluate a child. (gentsoflancaster.com)

As a subculture, the Amish are a small and socially introverted group that often keeps to themselves. (gentsoflancaster.com)

The effect of a female hormone intrigued scientists because autism is four times more common in males than females. (yale.edu)
This research helps scientists understand the function of an autism risk gene in brain development, which is important for understanding the biology of autism," Hoffman said. (yale.edu)

First, it's important to reiterate that the Amish can 100% have a child who could be diagnosed at some point on the autism spectrum. (gentsoflancaster.com)

Amish News. (wikipedia.org)

We had him evaluated for possible high functioning autism but the psychiatrist told me that she doesn't believe he has autism and that he is just a shy and anxious little boy who is feeding off my anxiety. (sensory-processing-disorder.com)

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