The new study also reports that 38.2% of children surveyed had at one time been diagnosed with autism but later lost the diagnosis. Increasing numbers of parents and researchers believe that autism is preventable and treatable, yet health officials routinely ignore reports of children who have recovered from autism, and to date have not funded clinical studies on promising treatments. According to Ms. Vanicek, "We need our government health agencies to recognize the biomedical treatments that are helping these children recover from autism. Effective treatments should be available to anyone with the diagnosis, and also carry implications for probable causation."

The CDC has not only failed to declare autism a national emergency, but along with the NIH has refused to conduct studies comparing the health of vaccinated children to that of unvaccinated children, despite repeated requests from parents, physicians, advocacy groups, and legislators. "The federal government's mishandling of the autism epidemic is a national disgrace," according to NAA Vice President Ann Brasher. "The focus on the propaganda-driven swine flu 'pandemic' is outrageous considering the very real epidemic of autism."

SOURCE National Autism Association