Re: AUTISM RELATED TO CIRCUMCISION IN THE U.S.A..

Not to mention the fact that were this to be the case, male Jews
and Muslims would have a higher incidence of autism...yet we have
over 2,000 years of data, at least wrt the Jewish population,
that this simply isn't the case.

Some people just don't think.

-- 
Brett


"Larry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Not this crap again.
>
> Where in the world does the idea come from that all autists are
circumcised
> boys ???????
>
> Be gone troll
>
> -- 
> Larry
>
> "We are all of one mind, one equal mind, and if each of us
persists in being
> the centre of our own existence we are all doomed to suffer at
each others
> hands. I cannot exist on my own without you, neither can you be
without me,
> what is the world wide web about after all?. We are
interdependent whether
> we are aware of the fact or not"
>
> "J47" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hugh Young) wrote in message
> news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> > > On 23 Oct 2003 22:59:03 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lucky
Skinman)
>
> > Actually, a more interesting question is does autism vary by
country
> > in the same way that circ rates vary.  Infant circumcision of
males
> > predominates in the USA and Israel, but not elsewhere.  One
source of
> > autism rates by county is a recent presentation made by the
staff of
> > the CDC, which can be found at
> > http://www.autismone.org/proceedings/AutismOne5-03final.pdf
> >
> > This data shows that autism rates are rising over time, but
different
> > diagnostic criteria have also been introduced. If we look at
the more
> > recent results based on DSM III-R, DSM-IV or ICD-10, and sum
up the
> > numbers from these studies, the ratio of males to females is
4.0 to 1
> > in the USA, and 2.4 in the rest of the world. If you search
pubmed,
> > there is a study by Davidovitch et al published in 2001 that
shows a
> > rate of 4.2 to one in Israel.
> >
> > Oxygen saturation is lowered during infant circumcision
(search oxygen
> > and circumcision in PubMed). Perhaps autism is just another
form of
> > cerebral palsy caused by reduced oxygen and increased CO2. If
so, this
> > will certainly be a mother lode for malpractice lawyers in
the USA.
>
>