{"682161":{"#nid":"682161","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Autism diagnoses are on the rise. The question is why.","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA new study from the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control is showing a rise in the number of U.S. kids being diagnosed with autism. The logic behind the rise in diagnoses of autism, the cause of which still mystifies researchers, has been polarizing.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EProfessor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chemistry.gatech.edu\/people\/mg-finn\u0022\u003EM.G. Finn\u003C\/a\u003E, a biochemist and researcher in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chemistry.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Chemistry and Biochemistry\u003C\/a\u003E, said countless studies have ruled out a connection between vaccinations and autism.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cVaccines engage the immune system, and autism is not a disease of the immune system,\u201d said Finn. \u201cThat has absolutely nothing to do, proven by study after study, with vaccines and immunizations. The fact that autism diagnosis may be increasing as a percent of the population is probably because there are numerous new and better ways to detect autism.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA new study from the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control is showing a rise in the number of U.S. kids being diagnosed with autism. The logic behind the rise in diagnoses of autism, the cause of which still mystifies researchers, has been polarizing.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EProfessor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chemistry.gatech.edu\/people\/mg-finn\u0022\u003EM.G. Finn\u003C\/a\u003E, a biochemist and researcher in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chemistry.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Chemistry and Biochemistry\u003C\/a\u003E, said countless studies have ruled out a connection between vaccinations and autism.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cVaccines engage the immune system, and autism is not a disease of the immune system,\u201d said Finn. \u201cThat has absolutely nothing to do, proven by study after study, with vaccines and immunizations. The fact that autism diagnosis may be increasing as a percent of the population is probably because there are numerous new and better ways to detect autism.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"36583","created_gmt":"2025-05-01 15:58:49","changed_gmt":"2025-05-02 16:55:47","author":"lvidal7","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Atlanta News First","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.atlantanewsfirst.com\/2025\/04\/16\/autism-diagnoses-are-rise-question-is-why\/","dateline":{"date":"2025-04-16T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2025-04-16T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"85951","name":"School of Chemistry and Biochemistry"}],"categories":[{"id":"138","name":"Biotechnology, Health, Bioengineering, Genetics"},{"id":"141","name":"Chemistry and Chemical Engineering"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166928","name":"School of Chemistry and Biochemistry"},{"id":"42581","name":"vaccinations"},{"id":"6053","name":"Autism"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}