🌈 If you join one of the top two Patreon tiers by the 12th of May 2025, you'll receive snail & slug badges and sparkly stickers, plus membership to the Discord ASC community and access to all exclusive content! 🐌:
https://www.patreon.com/imautisticnowwhat
Here's the link to the little announcement video (with a full tour of the Patreon and Discord):
https://youtu.be/JeaowzbbY5k
💛WATCH NEXT💛:
Why is Hollywood's Autistic Representation Getting WORSE?:
https://youtu.be/pJ_1yQ5bY-Y
Autism Memes to Stim to While Dissociating in the Grocery Store:
https://youtu.be/EZ737pegUUc
📹 My Videos mentioned 📹:
Not Stimming is MORE dangerous than you think...:
https://youtu.be/RTw-32j0vm0
📒 Sources 📒:
ASD Statistics 2025 CDC: https://www.cdc.gov/autism/data-research/index.html
CDC Report 2025: https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/74/ss/ss7402a1.htm#futuredirections
History of Autism Diagnosis Criteria: https://blogs.uoregon.edu/autismhistoryproject/archive/autism-in-the-dsm/
1970 Wisonsin Study: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/5436867/
1987 North Dakota Study: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3499432/
ADDM Methods: https://www.cdc.gov/autism/addm-network/methods.html
ASD Genetic Evidence: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10519-019-09987-2
https://www.thetransmitter.org/spectrum/autism-genetics-explained/
There is no epidemic of autism: https://www.statnews.com/2023/03/23/autism-epidemic-cdc-numbers/#:~:text=There%20is%20no%20%E2%80%9Cepidemic%20of,substantial%20training%20in%20observational%20techniques.
Vaccines and Autism Book: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK25349/
The Collaborative Perinatal Project: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12821268/
The Rise in Autism and the role of age at Diagnosis: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19234401/
Prospective Long-Term Follow-Up of Patients With Pervasive Developmental Disorders: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12503645/
Autism Tsunami Retracted Paper: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10313835/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37273157/
Environmental risk for autism: https://www.thetransmitter.org/spectrum/environmental-risk-autism-explained/
The MMR Vaccine and Autism: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6768751/
CDC Tourettes: https://www.cdc.gov/tourette-syndrome/data/index.html
Mawson study: https://perma.cc/48KV-BH4B
Andrew Wakefield Retracted Paper: https://www.thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/lancet/PIIS0140-6736(97)11096-0.pdf
UK NHS Autism treatments: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/autism/autism-and-everyday-life/treatments-that-are-not-recommended-for-autism/
Diagnosis between 2011-2012: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2825472?utm_term=103024&utm_campaign=ftm_links&utm_medium=referral&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8dmppuICnKf_yIa_TBsNEo2SP4r2_oygi2RTvxdfBUF6gUBDvVaYaXoTdGxQlTu0YWkJjHxSI7r1u8XJOBj_GplHgolmVrzP-JOsa3jMMFKuDHa2U&_hsmi=331721335&utm_source=For_The_Media
RFKs children are vaccinated: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/rfk-jr-vaccine-senate-confirmation-b2688362.html
RFK collecting autistic medical records: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/22/rfk-jr-autism-nih
Oh wait they’re denying it: https://newschannel9.com/news/local/us-health-department-denies-plans-for-autism-registry-despite-nih-directors-comments-us-secretary-of-health-and-human-services-robert-f-kennedy-junior-president-donald-trump-health-mental-health-asd
Ultrasound and autism: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37483151/
Measles comeback: https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2025/04/measles-vaccination.html
Measles in Europe: https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/european-region-reports-highest-number-measles-cases-more-25-years-unicef-whoeurope?utm_source=chatgpt.com
CDC Measles: https://www.cdc.gov/measles/data-research/index.html
https://www.cdc.gov/measles/about/history.html
Measles consequences of vaccine decline: https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/us-tipping-point-return-endemic-measles-2025-04-24/?utm_source=chatgpt.com
https://www.ap.org/news-highlights/spotlights/2025/the-us-has-three-measles-related-deaths-and-hundreds-of-cases-heres-what-to-know/
Hbomberguy Vaccine video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BIcAZxFfrc&t=149s
Rubella is Dangerous during pregnancy: https://www.cdc.gov/rubella/pregnancy/index.html
CDC Diabetes: https://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/php/data-research/index.html
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/congenital-rubella-syndrome
Maternal mortality rate: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hestat/maternal-mortality/2022/fig02.png
Autism in England: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanepe/article/PIIS2666-7762(23)00045-5/fulltext
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2023/jun/number-autistic-people-england-may-be-twice-high-previously-thought#:~:text=The%20team's%20estimates%20suggest%20that,10%20of%20all%20autistic%20people.