I have what brucie has except reading for me is strenuous and exhausting.
My son has a 4 year speech delay and of course is a recalcitrant socializer.

Autism is different for every human being. When certain connections are not made in brain development the variations in the matrix are infinite.

What causes the explosion in autism today I believe are the pesticides that targeted the destruction of nervous systems in insects. The effects on gestating human nervous systems is profound.

Products like "Seven" have been banned but are now used outside the US!

THE POLITICAL SIDE:

The chemical industry is completely protected from liability and unlike pharmaceutical companies NEVER have to to do health studies before a product release.

Now part of the Patriot Act goes further and permits Chemical companies to not release any information even to doctors and hospitals when a spill or accident has occurred.

Rep. Dick Army admits he stuck in an ammendment to a bill at 3 AM Sunday morning that makes it impossible for parents to sue for damages to their children from certain procducts (like Mercury in vaccines) and sets a maximum cap of $250 thousand for any lifetime disability caused from negligence and/or poisoning.