Eric Garcia

at the time. Right, so all this broadening of the diagnostic criteria, all the stuff you're describing, that explains a lot of this sudden rise, what RFK is calling the epidemic.

at the time. Right, so all this broadening of the diagnostic criteria, all the stuff you're describing, that explains a lot of this sudden rise, what RFK is calling the epidemic.

at the time. Right, so all this broadening of the diagnostic criteria, all the stuff you're describing, that explains a lot of this sudden rise, what RFK is calling the epidemic.

Yes. You know, this was around the time that people with disabilities received more rights. The ADA was passed in 1990, and it's important to remember that even though autism wasn't really mentioned in the ADA, it was mentioned specifically in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, and that just meant that you saw more...

Yes. You know, this was around the time that people with disabilities received more rights. The ADA was passed in 1990, and it's important to remember that even though autism wasn't really mentioned in the ADA, it was mentioned specifically in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, and that just meant that you saw more...

Yes. You know, this was around the time that people with disabilities received more rights. The ADA was passed in 1990, and it's important to remember that even though autism wasn't really mentioned in the ADA, it was mentioned specifically in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, and that just meant that you saw more...

You saw an increase in the number of children being served who had what we now consider autism spectrum disorders. So it's kind of this strange marriage of science improving and government policy causing a windfall. So it was easy, I think, for people to look at those numbers and say epidemic.

You saw an increase in the number of children being served who had what we now consider autism spectrum disorders. So it's kind of this strange marriage of science improving and government policy causing a windfall. So it was easy, I think, for people to look at those numbers and say epidemic.

You saw an increase in the number of children being served who had what we now consider autism spectrum disorders. So it's kind of this strange marriage of science improving and government policy causing a windfall. So it was easy, I think, for people to look at those numbers and say epidemic.

Right. And the obvious question is why. Now, RFK seems pretty certain about what the cause is.

Right. And the obvious question is why. Now, RFK seems pretty certain about what the cause is.

Right. And the obvious question is why. Now, RFK seems pretty certain about what the cause is.

By the way, Eric, it's been like two or three weeks and that report never came out, at least not yet. But the important phrase to me in that is precisely what environmental toxins are causing it. Not if environmental toxins are causing it, but which ones. So what does he mean by that?

By the way, Eric, it's been like two or three weeks and that report never came out, at least not yet. But the important phrase to me in that is precisely what environmental toxins are causing it. Not if environmental toxins are causing it, but which ones. So what does he mean by that?

By the way, Eric, it's been like two or three weeks and that report never came out, at least not yet. But the important phrase to me in that is precisely what environmental toxins are causing it. Not if environmental toxins are causing it, but which ones. So what does he mean by that?

He's basically concluded, despite this openness he has to doing research, that the cause of autism is environmental toxins. What is he referring to?

He's basically concluded, despite this openness he has to doing research, that the cause of autism is environmental toxins. What is he referring to?

He's basically concluded, despite this openness he has to doing research, that the cause of autism is environmental toxins. What is he referring to?

This is something that's been talked about for a long time, which is that environmental toxins have contributed, if not play a major role in the increase in autism rates. And then the other major culprit is, of course, vaccinations and particularly the MMR vaccination, the measles, mumps, rubella vaccine. And that has been debunked multiple times.

This is something that's been talked about for a long time, which is that environmental toxins have contributed, if not play a major role in the increase in autism rates. And then the other major culprit is, of course, vaccinations and particularly the MMR vaccination, the measles, mumps, rubella vaccine. And that has been debunked multiple times.