We live in different countries, we live in different states, we eat different food, we breath different air, we drink different water, so what do we have in common that all our kids are getting autism and it has climbed to such proportions? The introduction of the MMR vaccine that we give to all our kids no matter where we live pushed and pushed on the parents over the last 20 + years. Now granted the definition of autism has changed and become more broad, that accounts for some of the numbers ... but not these rates