Looking Into the Rise of Autism

Raetrece Walker English/147 April 11, 2016 Micheal Beneszewski Looking Into the Rise of Autism Back in the early 1960s when my uncle was born, they just categorized him as being retarded. I believe if he was diagnosed today it would clearly be Autism Spectrum Disorder instead of retardation. While it is not a scientific fact that these elements contribute to autism, society needs to be aware of the factors that are causing the rise of autism because diagnostic awareness, social factors, and environmental toxins combined with genetic susceptibility are behind this rising epidemic. Environmental toxins combined with genetic susceptibility ...