A massive peer-reviewed study of 12 million Americans has confirmed that Autism has surged in young children, with rates of the disorder now far higher than the official data previously shown.
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), one in every 36 children between the ages of five and eight has autism.
However, the new peer-reviewed study published in JAMA Network Open found that the number of children diagnosed with autism has now soared to 1 in 33.
The study, conducted by four researchers affiliated with Kaiser Permanente and one with the Henry Ford Health System, examined the health records of over 12 million Americans enrolled in healthcare systems between 2011 and 2022.
During their study, the researchers sought to identify trends in the prevalence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) diagnoses.
They uncovered an alarming 175% increase in autism diagnoses within the full sample during the study period.
The biggest increases are seen among young adults, females, and children in several racial and ethnic groups.
The study found that autism rates have jumped significantly since the CDC last updated its guidelines on ASD in May 2024.
However, the researchers warn that their new study’s results may still be undercounting autism cases.
“Rates reported here may underestimate the true prevalence of ASD in adults, especially older female adults, as many would not have been screened in childhood and remain undiagnosed,” the researchers wrote.
The researchers suggested autism diagnoses may be on the rise due to changes to diagnosis definitions and developmental screening practices.
They also cited unspecified “environmental factors” as possible contributors.
The study did not list vaccines as a possible factor, however.
John Gilmore, executive director of the Autism Action Network, said the study “confirms what we have seen from many other data sources: that there is an ongoing catastrophic epidemic of autism.”
Gilmore warns the study “brushes aside the 800-pound gorilla question of, ‘Why is the number going up?’”
He accused the authors of deploying “the obligatory boilerplate responses of changing diagnostic criteria and better case finding.”
“As usual, this study exhibits no sense of alarm or concern about the growing number of lives crushed by this syndrome.”
According to the study, autism diagnoses for adult women increased 315% between 2011 and 2022.
The corresponding figure for adult men was 215%.
Among young adults between 26 and 34 years old, there was a 450% increase in diagnoses.
According to the study, the gap in diagnoses between males and females of all ages “steadily declined” during the study period — a result of the comparatively bigger surge in autism diagnoses among females.
The researchers suggested that social stigmas surrounding autism, and “gender behavior norms” that may have caused females to “socially hide autistic traits” may be easing, leading more girls and women to seek out a diagnosis.
However, while the researchers fail to address the elephant in the room, other studies have linked rising autism rates to increased vaccinations in children.
A comprehensive study found last year that no Amish children have been diagnosed with chronic conditions that impact the rest of America.
Across America, the current population of Amish people is quickly approaching 400,000.
The Amish reject most conveniences of modern technology and pharmaceuticals and maintain self-sufficiency.
Yet, despite rejecting all modern medicine and pharmaceutical drugs that the rest of the American people have access to, the Amish are among the healthiest in the nation.
According to the study, presented by Vaccine Safety Research Foundation (VSRF) founder Steve Kirsch to the Pennsylvania State Senate, it was calculated that for Amish children, who are strictly 100 percent unvaccinated, typical chronic conditions barely exist, if any at all.
These chronic conditions, which many vaccinated children and swaths of Americans suffer from, include auto-immune disease, heart disease, diabetes, asthma, ADHD, arthritis, cancer, and autism.
During testimony before the PA Senate, expert health advocates shared details on why there have never been any reports published regarding the health of Amish children in general.
“After decades of studying the Amish, there’s no report because the report would be devastating to the narrative,” Kirsch testified.
“It would show that the CDC has been harming the public for decades and saying nothing and burying all the data.”
Another study conducted by the VSRF found that Covid death rates among Amish communities were 90 times lower than for the rest of America.
