Re:One More Time, with Big Data: Measles Vaccine Doesn’t Cau...
by dragonwriter on Tuesday March 05, 2019 @11:24PM
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> Autism doesn't actually manifest until about eighteen months into a child's life
Screening specifically for autism isn't recommended before then, but that seems to because differentiating autism from other development delay or disorder is difficult then; it seems to often manifest detectable signs as early as 2 months, though they are mostly signs that could be associated with other developmental conditions.
> because it takes that long for the brain subsystems involved to be wired up in more or less their final configuration.
> Funnily enough, that's about the same time frame as when the kid receives their first vaccinations.
No, it's not. The first recommended vaccine (HepB first dose) is at birth, and there are a lot before 18 mo., by 18 mo. they are hitting the fourth dose for some vaccines.
Screening specifically for autism isn't recommended before then, but that seems to because differentiating autism from other development delay or disorder is difficult then; it seems to often manifest detectable signs as early as 2 months, though they are mostly signs that could be associated with other developmental conditions.
> because it takes that long for the brain subsystems involved to be wired up in more or less their final configuration.
> Funnily enough, that's about the same time frame as when the kid receives their first vaccinations.
No, it's not. The first recommended vaccine (HepB first dose) is at birth, and there are a lot before 18 mo., by 18 mo. they are hitting the fourth dose for some vaccines.
https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/schedules/hcp/imz/child-adolesc...