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The Big List of S*%# Linked to Autism

• Abortions - (Prior abortions increase risk of autism in subsequent children)
• Air Pollution (Mercury in air pollution = more autism)
• Anti-Depressants (Mom on autism = more autism)
• Birth Weight HIGH (more weight = more autism.  Related, see big head.)
• Birth Weight LOW (less weight = more autism)
• Brain size (Bigger brains = more autism)
• Brain Cells (Too many neurons = more autism)
• Cell phones (More cell phones = more autism)
• Clever Parents (Smart parents = more autism)
• Clomid (Clomid = more autism, see IVF)
• Closely Spaced Births (Born soon after sibling = more autism)
• Complications at Birth (Catch all, any complication = more autism)
• Father’s age (older dad = more autism)
• Genetic (squirrely genes = more autism)
• Highways (Mom lives near freeway = autism twice as likely)
• Internet (Increased Internet usage = more autism)
• IVF (Invitro Fertilization) - (IVF = More autism)
• Lead (More lead exposure = more autism)
• Lyme Disease (linked to autism)
• Metabolism (Poor metabolism = more autism)
• Missing DNA (missing DNA in boys = more autism)
• Mother’s age (older mom = more autism)
• Neanderthals (Evolution vaguely linked to autism)
• Pasteurized Milk (Pasteurization = more autism)
• Pesticides (More pesticides = more autism)
• Premature birth (Premature baby = more autism)
• Rainfall (higher precipitation areas = more autism)
• Smoking (Mom smoking during pregnancy = more autism)
• Television (More TV watching = more autism)
• Tylenol (More Tylenol = more autism)
• Vinyl Flooring (House with vinyl flooring = more autism)
• Winter Conception (Mom and Dad get busy in the Winter = more autism)