Do you think abortion should be encouraged or required for autistic, Down syndrome and other mentally and physically disabled babies?

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[–]send_nasty_stuffNational Socialist 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I second Nombre's stance. Although something like autism that is increasing every decade would be seriously looked into. I would also put a ban on downs marriages.

3 suspicions I have for autism

  1. Tylenol usage.

  2. Vaccine and Vaccine quantity.

  3. Older couples having kids.

[–]Nombre27 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

3 suspicions I have for autism

One hypothesis I came across was that autism is a physiological adaptation to excessive information, so the brain just chooses to shut out certain stimuli. Not sure if this could be induced in an animal model.

Just like with many complex diseases (i.e. ones that we have currently a weak understanding of), I think conditions with similar symptoms are likely being conflated. The consequence of this is that you get too much heterogeneity in data, and are unable to find the relevant patterns and information.

Regarding the older couples having kids, there seems to be some associations with the father's age. The questions are why and how (mechanism?).

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4562461/

https://www.nature.com/articles/mp2010121

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26055426/

Didn't know that about acetaminophen (Tylenol). Weird. Same thing, what's the mechanism?

https://www.mcwhirterlaw.com/tylenol-linked-to-autism-adhd/

In May 2021, a study published in the European Journal of Epidemiology found that children exposed to acetaminophen before birth were 19% more likely to develop autism and 21% more likely to show signs of ADHD.

[–]send_nasty_stuffNational Socialist 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I watched a lecture years ago about a guy that goes into it. He had solid empirical evidence and was very convincing. I can't really remember the mechanism. Something about the pharmaceutical companies not knowing exactly how acetaminophen works on the brain. I'll share it out if I find it.

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Found it!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oD_opnk4nxU

Looks like there's also been some recent lawsuits.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/-L2d3iRcHa0