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Originally Posted by Adam
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Originally Posted by LadyShea
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the Amish are a good population to compare because very few are vaccinated.
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This is not true. The majority are vaccinated according to multiple sources I posted for you last week. |
On top of which, even if none of them were vaccinated, the Amish are a horrible control group because their lifestyle differs from the surrounding populations in so many other ways, not to mention their semi-isolated gene pool. |
I was just thinking about that, because after all autism spectrum disorders are impairments with social interaction and communication. Surely in some cultures there is no apparent impairment, because the social interaction and communications expectations are so different.
Additionally, those on the least impaired end, like some mild cases of Asperger's, are highly functional even in standard American culture, especially in the right environment for themselves...in the Amish lifestyle, with its structure and rules, they might not be impaired at all. There would be no need to seek treatment or diagnosis for someone who functions just fine within their specific environment.