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53. KARE 11 TV Minneapolis: “1 in 8 kids in the local Somali community are affected” (VIDEO)

VIDEO: http://www.kare11.com/news/article/984700/391/Autism-program-expands-to-meet-growing-need-in-West-Metro

http://annedachel.com/2012/07/26/kare-11-tv-minneapolis-1-in-8-kids-in-the-local-somali-community-are-affected-video/

KARE 11 TV Minneapolis: “1 in 8 kids in the local Somali community are affected” (VIDEO)

Jul 26, 2012

WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE?????

Nov 24, 2008 David Kirby wrote about the pandemic of autism among the Somalis in Minneapolis. HERE

“On Saturday, November 15, I attended a daylong forum in Minneapolis on autism in the Somali immigrant community there, where the rate of autism among Somali children in the public schools had been reported at 1 in 28 kids.”

Now, four years later, this current story from KARE 11 gives us even more jaw-dropping numbers.

Autism program expands to meet growing need in West Metro
HERE: http://www.kare11.com/news/article/984700/391/Autism-program-expands-to-meet-growing-need-in-West-Metro

“The Centers for Disease Control says 1 in 88 children nationally now have autism, and St. David’s staff says more concerning, state research shows around 1 in 8 kids in the local Somali community are affected.”

These are numbing statistics. Even if the Somali tragedy weren’t a part of this piece, IT’S CLEAR THAT ASD KIDS KEEP ON COMING AND COMING.

“an incredible need in Minnesota”
“get their sensory needs met”
“currently kids age out of this program before they get to the top of the waiting list”

The news anchor asks why the rate is so high among the Somalis. The reporter tells him researchers are “mystified.” Too bad he isn’t interested in why ANY OF THESE KIDS HAVE AUTISM.

My comment:

Notice that when we talk about autism, we’re always talking about children with autism. No one has ever found a comparable rate among adults. That simple fact should be scaring us all. Something is dramatically affecting the health of our children everywhere and no official can tell us why. One in 88. One in 8. These numbers are proof of a health care disaster happening all around us.

Dr. Thomas Insel, head of the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee set up by Congress to deal with autism warned us, speaking at NIH in 2010, “If you look at those numbers, the increase and recognize how many of those kids will become adults, we …also need to be thinking about how we prepare the nation for a million people who may need significant amounts of services as they are no longer cared for by their parents or as their parents are no longer around.”

This crisis will only continue to grow. It’s time we earnestly and honestly addressed what’s happening to our children.
Anne Dachel, Media editor: Age of Autism

I 'm so sorry.