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everything is connected, my mom believed my brother's ASD was because of vaccines, I didn't have much of an opinion till I researched it years later and learned it was based on one cooks theories, but this seems like a more sound research study, albeit a small sample size. I'm self diagnosed (3 of my friends with ASD told me I'm probably am on spectrum, because I over share and don't shut up about a subject I like.), my brother's an easier more detectable case. I had to be a lot more independent so learned masking and taught myself coping skills...

This however, seems more reasonable than the vaccines theory because the gut also has some gray matter and our digestive system I think plays some role in our consciousness system, along with neurons, and all the hormones and chemicals that our body uses to transmit signals and all the electricity running through our neural network, etc...

I'm pretty sure an uptick in ASD could very well correlate with environmental conditions considering we all have forever chemicals and micro plastics in our blood and those probably have some effect on hormones and internal body chemistry.

>>gremli+(OP)
Another explanation could be found in the DNA where siblings share the same traits even at a family distance > 3.

>>gremli+(OP)
I would guess microbiome over any chemical or plastics being a major factor.

>>gremli+(OP)
If you refer to 1 case as "small sample size" you need to review all the research process in order to even start building your own opinion.