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38. I've read the stat that 1 in 8 children of Somali immigrants in Minnesota are diagnosed with autism.

Fri May 24, 2013, 02:50 PM

May 2013

Please read this firsthand account and these analyses by Abdulkadir Khalif here:

http://www.ageofautism.com/2011/03/measles-minneapolis-and-somali-kids.html
http://www.ageofautism.com/abdulkadir-khalif/

and this relevant reporting on the IACC's approach:

http://www.ageofautism.com/2010/11/iacc-part-2-the-somali-autism-clusters-and-more.html
http://www.ageofautism.com/2013/02/katie-wright-on-iacc-zero-point-zero.html

Skip any articles initially, but not all. It will be hard to read, but we owe it to ourselves to assess these issues properly.

http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=Somali+Minnesota&domains=ageofautism.com&sitesearch=ageofautism.com&btnG=+Google+Search+#q=Somali+Minnesota+site:ageofautism.com&domains=ageofautism.com&filter=0&bav=on.2,or.&bvm=bv.47008514,d.cGE&fp=7c32a7d9837a4c83&biw=768&bih=928

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