# Autism, international scandal

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Podcast: [Dr. John Campbell](https://stenobird.com/podcast/dr-john-campbell-7851784)
Published: 2026-09-05T13:45:00+00:00
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Cause of the autism pandemic. Endogenous, Exogenous Sociological / psychological Food Environmental toxin Iatrogenic, drugs, vaccinations Cocktail effect ‘Autism Epidemic Runs Rampant,’ New Data Shows 1 in 31 Children Afflicted https://www.hhs.gov/press-room/autism-epidemic-runs-rampant-new-data-shows-grants.html WASHINGTON, DC—APRIL 15, 2025 Autism prevalence in the U.S (at 8 years of age) 2021, one in 36 children 2022, one in 31 children 1 in 31 is 3.22% https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/74/ss/ss7402a1.htm?s_cid=ss7402a1_w U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy “The autism epidemic is running rampant,” “One in 31 American children born in 2014 are disabled by autism. That’s up significantly from two years earlier and nearly five times higher than when the CDC first started running autism surveys in children born in 1992 https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/ss5601a1.htm Prevalence for boys is an astounding 1 in 20 and in California it’s 1 in 12.5.” “President Trump has tasked me with identifying the root causes of the childhood chronic disease epidemic -- including autism,” “We are assembling teams of world-class scientists to focus research on the origins of the epidemic, and we expect to begin to have answers by September.” The new (ADDM) Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring report Conducted in 2022 across 16 sites in the U.S. Surveyed children aged 8 years born in 2014. Autism prevalence in 2000 One in 150 children Now, (well, 2022 data), one in 31 4.8 times higher 2022 compared to 2020 4.8 times higher Increasing intellectual disability among those effected Percentage of ASD cases with lower IQs has increased Nearly two thirds of children with ASD in 2022 data had either severe or borderline intellectual disability (ID). I…

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