[kach22i]

2016
Autism increase mystery solved? No, it’s not vaccines, GMOs, glyphosate—or organic foods
https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2016/09/22/autism-increase-mystery-solved-no-its-not-vaccines-gmos-glyphosate-or-organic-foods/

But correlation is not causation. By cherry-picking the data, one could show that almost all of the alleged causes of autism that rose over the past 10-15 years correlate with the rise in autism cases. As, in fact, does the rise in chemtrail sightings, terrorist attacks on U.S. soil, the New England Patriot’s cumulative win total—and organic food sales:..............

So what does the latest evidence show? There now is intriguing evidence that there in fact has been no dramatic rise in autism after all..............

Changes in reporting practices can account for most (60 percent) of the increase in the observed prevalence of ASDs in children born from 1980 through 1991 in Denmark. Hence, the study supports the argument that the apparent increase in ASDs in recent years is in large part attributable to changes in reporting practices..............

The idea that increased diagnosis contributes to higher prevalence of a disease is not new at all.

This is an amazingly similar observation made about the so-called opioid crisis, it was a change in how data was combined and classified.