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Denial: How Refusing to Face the Facts about Our Autism Epidemic Hurts Children, Families, and Our Future Hardcover – July 25, 2017

by Mark Blaxill (Author), Dan Olmsted (Author)

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Even as the autism rate soars and the cost to our nation climbs well into the billions, a dangerous new idea is taking hold: There simply is no autism epidemic.

The question is stark: Is autism ancient, a genetic variation that demands acceptance and celebration? Or is it new and disabling, triggered by something in the environment that is damaging more children every day?

Authors Mark Blaxill and Dan Olmsted believe autism is new, that the real rate is rising dramatically, and that those affected are injured and disabled, not merely “neurodiverse.” They call the refusal to acknowledge this reality Autism Epidemic Denial. This epidemic denial blocks the urgent need to confront and stop the epidemic and endangers our kids, our country, and our future.

The key to stopping the epidemic, they say, is to stop lying about its history and start asking "who profits?" People who deny that autism is new have self-interested motives, such as ending research that might pinpoint responsibility—and, most threateningly, liability for this man-made epidemic.

Using ground-breaking research, the authors definitively debunk best-selling claims that autism is nothing new—and nothing to worry about.

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About the Author

Mark Blaxill is the father of a daughter diagnosed with autism. He has authored peer-reviewed articles on time trends in autism and founded advocacy groups to spur action. He co-wrote two books with Dan Olmsted—The Age of Autism and Vaccines 2.0—and is editor with Dan Olmsted of the widely read AgeofAutism.com. He received degrees from Princeton University and the Harvard Business School. He resides in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Dan Olmsted was an award-winning journalist, co-editor of AgeOfAutism.com, and co-author, with Mark Blaxill, of two books. He was a former editor at USA Today, USA Weekend, and United Press International and a graduate of Yale University.

Hardcover: 224 pages
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing; 1 edition (July 25, 2017)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1510716947
ISBN-13: 978-1510716940
Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 0.8 x 9.5 inches
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Teresa B. Conrick

No Denying This is THE Book to Establish Thoughtful Change

July 20, 2017

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I will be up front and say that I know there is an epidemic yet this book brings all of the facts together to understand how and why it is so. I am a contributing writer for Age of Autism and have the privilege of sharing articles over the years with both Mark and Dan. I am also the parent to a severely affected, adult daughter, plus I have been in the field of special education since 1984. We, educators have been eyewitnesses to these drastic changes in the health, social-emotional well-being, and learning abilities of more and more students each year. Autism is the huge iceberg that keeps growing, and the historical and current research in this book are the red flares to acknowledge it.. There has been an explosive tsunami of challenges for the students, the families, the school districts, and now adult services are in jeopardy. ¨Denial¨ will make even the doubters wonder what can be done now to change the future.

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Timothy D. Lundeen

Detailed and devastating

August 5, 2017

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Thoroughly shreds the arguments of the "autism has always been with us" crowd. One point that deserves more emphasis is that things have not slowed down at all -- rates of autism have been doubling roughly every 6 years and are still increasing; the longer we wait to stop poisoning our kids, the worse it will get. The same poisons cause more than autism:
our kids are very sick and things get worse every year.

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Kimberly Rossi (formerly Stagliano

Nothing Normal About Severe Autism

August 1, 2017

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I have 3 daughters with full blown autism - and there is nothing "normal" about their lives at 16, 21 and 22 years of age. They live a sheltered life with full time care, day programming, special education and assistance with all skills of daily living. To say that what they have is a new normal is a travesty. I work with Mark Blaxill and worked w the late Dan Olmsted covering the autism epidemic. Do we LOVE AND ADORE our kids? Of course - but someday we will DIE and the world will not be ready willing or financially able to care for my girls. CT had a FURLOUGH day last week denying the disabled their day programs because of budget issues. School districts are crumbling under the crushing weight of kids on IEPS. This isn't better diagnosis - it's a real CHANGE in how kids function and learn. Call it autism in some - call it neurological difference in others - this book carefully dissects the vast LEFT wing conspiracy to normalize brain injury. Imagine calling Alzheimer's a late life benefit? Now imagine Alzheimer's for 70 years in a able bodied person. READ THIS BOOK and form your own opinion - I'm biased by virtue of my own children and my relationship to the authors. Kim

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Deborah Kahn

Answers a lot of questions about the origins of autism

September 23, 2017

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Absolutely fascinating book and very well referenced. I was interested to see that researchers were able to identify very rare conditions in the late 1800s and early 1900s. There is no reason that these same researchers would have failed to identify autism.

The authors also do a good job of going over the original definition of autism and the changes over time.

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David M. Schultz

A well researched review

August 7, 2017

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an in depth review of the origins of autism in the twentieth century. Skillfully debunks the notion that we have better diagnosis and changing classification. A true tragic epidemic is at hand!

David Schultz, M.D.
Montpelier Va

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Dr. William H. Gaunt

The mantra we hear endlessly: "There is no autism ...

August 31, 2017

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The mantra we hear endlessly: "There is no autism epidemic so there is no need to find the causes." Truth: the autism epidemic is very real and we should be doing the equivalent of a Manhattan Project to find answers. Solving this crisis is contrary to some corporate interests. Money over people. This book destroys the mantra. Read it. Don't shy away from the truth.

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John Q Audiencemember

Astounding. Page-turner. I read it twice in a ...

February 9, 2018

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Astounding. Page-turner. I read it twice in a row.

Everyone should read this. Incredibly strong case. Self-evident.

The authors dissect opponent's claims, sources and methodology. The opponents are not only wrong but willfully deceptive in order to serve some kind of hidden agenda. The authors express appropriate rage about this deception for it comes at the expense of millions.

My god what is happening to humanity.

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Kris

Very interesting read!

July 28, 2017

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Very interesting read. Can't wait for the next book from Mark Blaxill.

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