Autism
topic on 5 shows · 13 statements across 8 episodes
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Palihapitiya: Friends on the autism spectrum are 'off the charts' productive
“I have a few friends with Tism, and they are all off the charts productive.”
Makary: One in 12 boys in California is now diagnosed with autism
“One in 12 boys in California now being diagnosed with autism.”
Chamath: Minnesota Medicaid autism claims spiked 130x in five years
“Medicaid claims for autism in Minnesota spiked 130 X in five years.”
Lazzarin: Broadened Diagnostic Criteria Explains Rising ADHD and Autism Rates
“One of the issues is the diagnostic criteria can shift, right? As people want to Identify these cases. See very little downside in identifying them. They may broaden, right, in an effort to precisify the diagnostic criteria. They may broaden it. And I've heard…”
Calacanis: Autism rates rose from 1 in 10,000 to 1 in 32
“We went from one in 10,000 in 1970 to one in a thousand in 1995 to one in 32 in 2000 22.”
Friedberg: Cumulative environmental exposure to microplastics and chemicals drives autism
“I think it's pretty clear that our modern world in the last couple of decades, there's a cumulative effect of environmental exposures that children are getting. Whether it's microplastics, whether it's chemicals in the food, whether it's just the environmental…”
Bhattacharya: Leucovorin restores speech in 20% of autistic kids with folate deficiency
“You know, for kids who have this folate deficiency in their brains, that, it actually works. And 20% of the kids, I think, restore speech. Up to 60% of the kids, they get much better.”
Cox: US Medical and Educational Autism Diagnoses Can Exist Independently
“You can get a medical diagnosis, but not have an educational diagnosis or vice versa.”
Cox: Nonverbal Autistic Son Is Highly Aware and Desires to Speak
“I, 100% believe that's the case. Joe unders like we can have conversations at death of things that I know that he understands. And this binary system that we've created of yes, no, this, that if this, then very clearly tells us that. He's aware that he has aut…”
Weisbrot Predicts Complete Scientific Understanding of Autism by 2043
“I think in the next 20 years, there will be a complete understanding of autism.”
Cox: Raising Autistic Son Prolonged His Alcoholism and Workaholic Coping
“As an entrepreneur for a long time, it gave me an excuse to keep my head down. It probably kept me in alcoholism longer than it should have by far, which also let me keep my head down. And You know, work through things as an entrepreneur that I probably would …”
Cox: People Should Never Offer Sympathy Apologies Over Autistic Children
“I think, you know, the one comment that I get that I dislike the most is when they find out that I have a son with autism, like, oh, I'm sorry. Like, well, I have a son. He happens to have autism. There's nothing for you to be sorry about.”