A Cure for Autism

I have thoroughly considered my thoughts on the fanaticism on the causes of autism. The fanatics get in the way of real progress. Being over thirty means that I have been around the block a few times. And there has been mostly zero progress on finding the causes and devising new treatments. Given that the numbers of people being diagnosed has continued to rise, you’d think that there would be money poured into research. But that is not the case…and worse, there are the fanatics. 

In my lifetime, there have been so many different groups of fanatics all of whom claim to know the cause and the cure. There were the anti-vaccine people, and the worms people. There were the genetics people and the gluten/casein people. There were the vitamin B12 people and the retrovirus people. There were the heavy metals people and the oxalates people. And there were so many more.

While there may be some validity to some of these, none are THE cause. Powerful voices championed some of these, and that led people to chase these things, more often than not, to no avail. Let me say that feeling the way forward takes being totally innovative. Utterly acting in good faith takes honesty and passion. Many who forwarded these causes, believed in them. What makes me angry though is the blindness that so many demonstrate. 

The way to make progress is through real science. Dispassionate logic. Gave this thought: AIDS was practically cured in three decades. Autism has been increasing exponentially for decades, and there are no new treatments. It needs to be a priority and it needs to be a priority NOW.