2024-04-20 19:51:11
False Autistic people do exist within Amish communities. [Link][Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(16-2-12) Author
2024-04-20 22:17:43
Amish do vaccinate even if the rate is lower than US average at 68%. This piece is a repeat of an unfounded and unevidenced claim made by an anti-vax faction. [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(17-1-13) Author
2024-04-20 23:01:19
This is false. There is autism among the Amish community. [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(15-2-11) Author
2024-04-21 00:09:07
NNN The OP clearly states "almost no autism" as opposed to none and asks why, with no mentions to vaccination like some notes have. NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(13-0-12) Author
2024-04-21 06:30:47
False. It is not true the there is 'almost none' cases of autism in the Amish communities. Rates are similar to non Amish communities. Differences can be explained by diagnostic rates and the unique Amish genetic background. Autism is primarily a genetic disease. [Link][Link][Link][Link][Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(17-3-9) Author
2024-04-21 18:36:39
Just a quick semantics correction for the big note: While autism can cause disease, describing autism itself as a disease may be considered offensive as in the majority of cases autism is more a 'different way of thinking' than it is a disability or illness. [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(1-0-1) Author