The Autism Metrics

Autism is certainly making the national news. As our team was pulling together this overview of new developments in autism, the news outlets were covering the pending report from the Department of Health & Human Services that autism is linked to Tylenol use during pregnancy (see RFK Jr. To Draw Link Between Tylenol And Autism: Report and RFK Jr., HHS to Link Autism to Tylenol Use in Pregnancy and Folate Deficiencies). But there are skeptics—Dr. Gupta on Tylenol Use During Pregnancy and Autism: This Is Not a Cause-and-Effect Relationship.

While the scientific and political communities debate the . . .