Aspies For Freedom

There's one of those ubiquitous polls on the MSNBC site. We should all try to vote during their autismathon(I'm sure there will be more). I know that they are statistically useless but most of America seems to like them anyway.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6976337/

Thanks marie, these are the poll results as of 10:24am GMT -

What do you think is the main reason for the rise in autism cases?
        40740 responses

More awareness
9%
Better diagnosis
9%
Childhood exposure to mercury or other toxins
30%
In utero exposure to toxins or infections
6%
Genetics
3%
A combination of factors listed above
31%
Other
4%
Not sure
7%

And check out this blurb I just found on a New Jersey Autism Outreach site recommended by the Today show site:


"MORE ABOUT THE MSNBC POLL
MSNBC - What's Behind The Rise In Autism Cases? “Poll”
MSNBC is hosting a poll to ask the public's opinion about what is
contributing to the rise in the cases of autism. The purpose of the poll is
to help promote their upcoming series “Autism: The Hidden Epidemic?”, rather
than get any real gauge of opinions, which these polls cannot accurately
reflect.  What these polls can indicate however, is the level of interest in
the subject by viewers.  If you want to help demonstrate public interest in the subject of
autism to NBC, vote and pass this along to others to get them to vote as
well, even if they do not agree with you on the cause. It doesn’t matter how
the vote turns out, just how many show up. Show NBC how much we are paying
attention to their coverage and let them know that what you think caused
autism in your own children is an important subject for you. At the time of
this posting, the total count of voters was just over 2900.
MSNBC - What's behind the rise in autism cases?:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6976337/"

http://www.njcosac.org/cosacindex