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Study Links Autism and Somalis in Minneapolis
The New York Times ^ | 16 Dec 2013 | DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.

Posted on 12/17/2013 1:13:29 PM PST by Theoria

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'About one Somali child in 32 and one white child in 36 in Minneapolis were on the autism spectrum.'
1 posted on 12/17/2013 1:13:29 PM PST by Theoria
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The national average is one child in 88 ...

Something in the water in Minneapolis ... or someone in Minneapolis diagnosing "autism spectrum" to make money? What's the school system's additional increment per "exceptional child"?

2 posted on 12/17/2013 1:17:31 PM PST by Tax-chick (I told you not to unplug that!)
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To: Theoria

Curious.


3 posted on 12/17/2013 1:17:49 PM PST by mbarker12474
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To: Tax-chick

Islam


4 posted on 12/17/2013 1:18:34 PM PST by Gaffer
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To: Theoria

Now MPLS government schools can cry for even more than $18k/year per kid.


5 posted on 12/17/2013 1:19:01 PM PST by TurboZamboni (Marx smelled bad & lived with his parents most his life.)
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The “white” children too?


6 posted on 12/17/2013 1:19:14 PM PST by Tax-chick (I told you not to unplug that!)
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For white kids it’s called “ADHD”.


7 posted on 12/17/2013 1:22:32 PM PST by TurboZamboni (Marx smelled bad & lived with his parents most his life.)
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Not a problem. Those savages will probably just behead those defective kids.


8 posted on 12/17/2013 1:23:21 PM PST by taillightchaser (I'm going to become a criminal so I can keep my guns.)
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The article is about “autism,” not ADD/ADHD.


9 posted on 12/17/2013 1:25:43 PM PST by Tax-chick (I told you not to unplug that!)
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Actually, I am highly suspicious of anything the CDC decrees. They are historically famous for inflating all sorts of ills - especially those relating to guns, wife beating, guns in the home and childrens’ susceptibility ad nauseum.

It would not surprise me one doggone bit they included a high occurrence of the perceived problem in ‘white’ children just to give the ‘study’ a modicum of credibility.

I hear Somali, and I automatically move to thinking Islam. I cannot be moved from that assumption. In the end, I believe that will be the reason for any out-of-norm finding.


10 posted on 12/17/2013 1:25:45 PM PST by Gaffer
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sorry.
forget the ‘sarc’ tag.


11 posted on 12/17/2013 1:27:41 PM PST by TurboZamboni (Marx smelled bad & lived with his parents most his life.)
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ADHD rates are much higher.


12 posted on 12/17/2013 1:33:35 PM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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Good questions.

Very good questions.


13 posted on 12/17/2013 1:34:47 PM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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I'm guessing malnourishment as an infant.
14 posted on 12/17/2013 1:36:42 PM PST by TurboZamboni (Marx smelled bad & lived with his parents most his life.)
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Yeah, I hear ya, infiltration under the guise of refuge&asylum,, yet DHS and CONgre$$ and the State Dept and WH condone an not so silent generation of discontents, willingly allowed to set up a community that supports malcontents elsewhere, nothing new perhaps, tho it is sad to see my native state reduced to a dumping ground and magnet for refugees. Talk about your climate change.


15 posted on 12/17/2013 1:40:32 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi)
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Somali parents in Minneapolis have complained for years that many of their children had autism symptoms — failure to speak, reluctance to look others in the face, screaming and repetitive behaviors.

And this is different from typical Islamic behavior how???

16 posted on 12/17/2013 1:42:23 PM PST by iceskater (Enjoy your chains, comrades.)
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Minnesota is also the home of the phrase “Minnesota Nice” referring to the many libs who populate the Twin Cities area. For the libs, every problem is a social problem that needs massive gov. expenditures and understanding of the poor and oppressed. As libs are generally the densest people on the planet, they imported thousands of Somalis hoping to make good, liberal Minnesotans out of them. Instead, the Somalis just added to growing violent crime problem in the Twin Cities and Rochester, Minn.


17 posted on 12/17/2013 1:42:41 PM PST by driftless2
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Are pregnant mothers not going outdoors enough? I mean, if you were Somali and not used to the cold of Minneapolis, maybe they’re staying indoors too much.That could also explain what’s going on in Stockholm.


18 posted on 12/17/2013 1:42:55 PM PST by Our man in washington
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Somalis figured out that autism means more money.


19 posted on 12/17/2013 1:44:42 PM PST by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
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Inbreeding and maternal drinking while pregnant combination.


20 posted on 12/17/2013 1:46:31 PM PST by Valpal1 (If the police can t solve a problem with brute force, they ll find a way to fix it with brute force)
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