Study Suggests Special MRI Might Help Diagnose Autism

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AUTISM presents itself usually around 6 months, if you pay attention, Not the Toddler years. My son had a reaction to the DPT and other shots at that time. He had a sensory freak out and it appeared to cause my child A Stroke (thanks doc).
He still continued to be social until the next bunch of shots, after that he lost his tongue control and the baby who used to eat like crazy, was practically choking on his food (thanks Doc).
It's time to be TRUTHFUL about that fact that the brain is doubling in size and Science and Doctors are INTERFERING with what would have been a normal brain development (THanks Doc). My next child was minus shots and minus AUTISM, thanks to a Smart MOM who watched carefully and noticed that these SHOTS are not all they are CRACKED up to be and are FRACTURING the FUTURE of our OFFSPRING. Read up folks, especially on the history of the DPT and these triple shots. BE HONEST!!! and you will Know the Truth. We are so SMART, we causing Higher than Normal Numbers. That's the Truth!

Noreen of NJ 5:42PM May 31, 2011

It's amazing to read about yet another study on diagnosing a disorder with no known cause or cure. The study only "suggests" that MRIs can diagnose autism. Experts sounded less than enthusiastic in this piece. When are reporters going to have anything of substance to report about an epidemic now affecting one percent of children, including almost two percent of boys? How many more years will we read stories with no real answers? Telling us that early diagnosing leads to early intervention doesn't allay a parent's fear that their child might be the boy or girl on the autism spectrum.
How bad will the rate have to be before we address autism as a health care emergency?
Anne Dachel
Media editor: Age of Autism

Anne McElroy Dachel of VA 12:59PM May 31, 2011