This article is complete nonsense and has been totally debunked. http://www.opposingviews.com/i/myth-amish-don-t-have-autism#
Let me guess... you want roll back to a world in the 1700s when childhood diseases were prevalent and over 20% of the population died from diseases that are now easily vaccinated against.
From the article: Amish autism rate = 1 in 271. Your "total debunk" is supporting my argument. Your position is very weak apparently. Relatedly, news has been coming out very quietly about how the polio vaccines were contaminated with a virus that causes cancer. Subsequent to the stopping of hundreds of cases of polio we had millions of cases of cancer. Science scores again! Everybody bow to the great minds of "science"!
From the article you posted "Their diet consists of eating organic, fresh, locally-grown produce, and of course, they do not follow the established vaccination routines. To the dismay of the mainstream media and the medical establishment, this has resulted in a healthier people, who are void of all of our chronic diseases. Heart disease, cancer, and diabetes are virtually non-existent in Amish villages. " And don't the Amish also have a much more physical lifestyle than normal Americans, I think they do. Why on earth wouldn't the very first thing you would choose to be the cause of the lower autism rates be diet and lifestyle and not vaccines? If your impression of the article is that vaccines cause autism then why wouldn't you also be stating that vaccines also cause heart disease, cancer and diabetes?
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3393918 Review of cancer among 4 religious sects: evidence that life-styles are distinctive sets of risk factors. Abstract The occurrence of various types of cancer have been reviewed and evaluated in 4 religious groups. These patterns have been critically assessed in light of the distinctive life-style features of these groups. All 4 religious groups considered in this paper have reduced overall rates of cancer, suggesting that the life-styles of all 4 groups have merit in terms of reducing the overall risk of cancer. The rate of smoking among these groups is nearly nil, and the lung cancer rate in all 4 of these religious groups is strikingly low. Cancer of the oral structures, pharynx, larynx, and esophagus is also generally quite low. Amish and Hutterites have unusually high rates of breast cancer and juvenile leukemia. Reproductive factors frequently mentioned as risk factors for breast cancer cannot explain the excess breast cancer in the Amish and Hutterite women because they should have had the effect of reducing the rate. None of the numerous risk factors, normally suggested for leukemia, are consistent with this observation. The observations on ovarian cancer tend to confirm low parity and late age at first birth as risk factors, although the evidence is not entirely consistent. Also, contrary to common observations, the pattern of ovarian cancer contrasts greatly with the breast cancer pattern, suggesting dissimilar risk factors. Their low rate of cervical cancer is consistent with promiscuity being a strong risk factor, but other frequently suggested risk factors were generally inconsistent with the observations. Cancers of the stomach, colon, rectum, urinary bladder and prostate, in these 4 religious groups, are not readily explained by the risk factors commonly implicated in cancer of these sites. The patterns of a few types of cancers were consistent with the prevailing opinions of risk factors, but some cancers were poorly explained and, in some cases, the cancer patterns contradicted commonly held opinions concerning risk factors. Religions that provide strong directives for the personal lives of adherents result in distinctive life-style, reflecting multiple disease related factors (risk factors and protective factors). Disease related factors are related to each other in simple or more complex ways (e.g. additive, multiplicative or even more complex). Therefore, when dealing with distinctive life-styles, it may be unwarranted to attempt to isolate individual risk factors.
I'm sure that's a challenge at times. Btw, were they vaccinated? I'd hate to find out the gubment knew the measles vaccine had a high rate of autism, and didn't tell anyone.
I apologize if I offended you in any way with my response. I did not know that you had two autistic sons. I know that dealing with this situation is challenging. My wife is an elementary school teacher and other family members are educators as well so I know via their feedback some perspectives on autism. Please let me say that I have seen no realistic information that ties vaccines to autism. As outlined in the very complete reporting of investigative journalist Brian Deer, the information put forward by Andrew Wakefield was simply a scam in an attempt to shakedown the vaccine manufacturers. The studies have been totally debunked and detracted. The sad news is that the false information has now led to a worldwide outbreak of preventable diseases.