The U.S. CDC recently announced that it would begin research to examine whether #childhood #vaccines are linked to #autism.
This decision implies that we still don’t have enough information to determine whether the two are linked. But this is far from the case.
It’s true that autism diagnoses have risen over time. However, the data we have suggests that the rise in diagnosis is largely due to increased awareness of autism spectrum disorder, combined with more frequent screening and a wider diagnostic criteria.