Autism awareness, a day later

Yesterday people from sea to sea wore the colors of the sea in order to remind others that they need to be aware of autism. Lots of families didn't need the vast sea of blue in order to be reminded; it is present in their daily lives, all day.. all night. All of the time.

What we know about autism is this: Studies constantly contradict each other, or refute each other.. or muddy the already dirty water. We know that there are correlations to things but so far no concrete causation to anything.

We have heard and read about studies that say vaccines do it. America is heavily vaccinated and America has really high numbers of autism. But dozens of other studies contradict Wakefield, we are told.

We also know this, for what it is worth:

• Autism Linked to Higher Precipitation Levels
• Donald Trump Claims Autism is Caused by Vaccines
• Living Near a Highway May Contribute to Autism Risk ...

• Utah's autism rate doubles in six years 
• Utah has nation's highest autism rate
• And what about the bees? Autism and Disappearing Bees: A Common Denominator .
• Is Autism Linked to Genetically Modified Foods?
• Older parents more likely to have an autistic child
• Link between advanced maternal age and autism
• US researchers find link between age, birth order and autism .
• Later-born children at higher risk for autism

And we are not done yet

• Autism Linked to Maternal Exposure to Pesticides
• BPA linked to atypical childhood social behaviors ...
• Toxic metals may influence autism severity

And we could go on.

But what the media tells us we cannot go on about, despite the dozens and more studies claiming autism is linked from everything from nuke plants to the type fo knife you cut bread with, we cannot go on about vaccines. 

• No link found between vaccine mercury and autism
• Retracted autism study an 'elaborate fraud,' 

And in the end.. why are the numbers so high?

More autism reported, likely from more testing of course.

The confusion! 

The mighty mighty confusion. No rhyme or reason to those correlations mentioned.. then the media shuts down and any attempt to ask difficult and probing questions on the vaccine industry and the chemical cocktails used within them.. 

I guess we can be comforted by the contention that autism rates are just what they always were. More screening and more light shed on the subject equals higher rates. Right? That sounds good.

But 1 in 88? Some states 1 in a lot less? 

Now that is not just more testing.. that is a bomb of autism that somehow we as a society need to grapple with. Even if we have to ask tough questions and, instead of choosing the road we travel, just see where the journey takes us.