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Autism In Plain Sight

Science Unleashed

Karl Jablonowski, Ph.D. | May.9.2026

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Quality of Scientific Evidence

Cases & Opinions

  • Case series
  • Case report
  • Expert opinions

Studies

  • Cohort
  • Case-control
  • Cross-sectional

Trials

  • Double blinded randomized controlled trial (RCT)

Consensus

  • Systematic review
  • Meta-analysis

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Early report

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Early report

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Early report

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Early report

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Autism explosion

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Madsen, et al.

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Madsen, et al.

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Madsen, et al.

Strong evidence for the need for more evidence.

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By the numbers

Autistic Disorder:

• Table 1 - vax=269. unvax=47

• Table 2 - vax=263. unvax=53

• Difference, 12.3% increase in unvax

Autism Spectrum Disorder:

Table 1 - vax=352. unvax=70

Table 2 - vax=345. unvax=77

Difference, 10% increase in unvax

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By the numbers

Autistic Disorder:

• Table 1 - vax=269. unvax=47

• Table 2 - vax=263. unvax=53

• Difference, 12.3% increase in unvax

Autism Spectrum Disorder:

Table 1 - vax=352. unvax=70

Table 2 - vax=345. unvax=77

Difference, 10% increase in unvax

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By the numbers

Autistic Disorder:

• Table 1 - vax=269. unvax=47

• Table 2 - vax=263. unvax=53

• Difference, 12.3% increase in unvax

Autism Spectrum Disorder:

Table 1 - vax=352. unvax=70

Table 2 - vax=345. unvax=77

Difference, 10% increase in unvax

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By the numbers

Autistic Disorder:

• Table 1 - vax=269. unvax=47

• Table 2 - vax=263. unvax=53

• Difference, 12.3% increase in unvax

Autism Spectrum Disorder:

Table 1 - vax=352. unvax=70

Table 2 - vax=345. unvax=77

Difference, 10% increase in unvax

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Madsen, et al.

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Madsen, et al.

Confounding variables of Madsen, et al., 2002 included:

  • Socioeconomic status
  • Mother’s education

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Madsen, et al.

Confounding variables of Madsen, et al., 2002 included:

  • Socioeconomic status
  • Mother’s education

Confounding variables of Hviid, et al., 2003 included:

  • Child’s place of birth
  • 5-minute Apgar score
  • Mother’s age
  • Mother’s country of birth

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Madsen, et al.

Confounding variables of Madsen, et al., 2002 included:

  • Socioeconomic status
  • Mother’s education

Confounding variables of Hviid, et al., 2003 included:

  • Child’s place of birth
  • 5-minute Apgar score
  • Mother’s age
  • Mother’s country of birth

AND EXCLUDED

  • Socioeconomic status
  • Mother’s education

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Madsen, et al.

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Madsen, et al.

“[CHD] have published a critique now here in 2025 about our 2002 MMR autism study. Okay. So, that's a long tail on that study that you can still be criticized for.”

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Andersson, et al. (2025)

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Andersson, et al. (2025)

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Andersson, et al. (2025)

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Andersson, et al. (2025)

“The Annals of Internal Medicine should immediately retract this badly flawed study.”

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Andersson, et al. (2025)

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Andersson, et al. (2025)

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Andersson, et al. (2025)

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Andersson, et al. (2025)

= ?

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Andersson, et al. (2025)

= ?

Atopic Dermatitis (Eczema)

Allergic Rhinoconjunctivitis

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Andersson, et al. (2025)

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Andersson, et al. (2025)

The analysis in the supplemental data stands at odds with the statement that “[t]his nationwide cohort study did not find evidence supporting an increased risk for … neurodevelopmental disorders associated with early childhood exposure to aluminum-adsorbed vaccines.”

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Andersson, et al. (2025)

…the pairwise comparisons in Supplement Figure 11 violated the positivity assumption, as children born from 1997 to 2001 could not belong to the >3.0-4.5mg reference group.

…the corresponding risk differences per 10,000 children were …

-2.30 (-7.21 to 2.60)

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Andersson, et al. (2025)

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Andersson, et al. (2025)

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Andersson, et al. (2025)

“Andersson et al. (2025) reported a statistically significant positive association between cumulative aluminum adjuvant exposure from vaccines and autism spectrum disorder diagnosis in supplemental analyses, further strengthening the case for a dose-dependent relationship in population data.”

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Andersson, et al. (2025)

“What’s needed is not more statistical modeling designed to bury signals of harm, but independent research grounded in full transparency, methodological integrity, and the courage to confront inconvenient truths.”

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Children of the U.S. military

At a time when CDC measured autism in 1:110 of children born, the DoD (2005) measured “a 1:88 prevalence ratio among children of active duty military service members.”

Organization for Autism Research and Southwest Autism Research & Resource Center, 2010

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Children of the U.S. military

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Children of the U.S. military

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Children of the U.S. military

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Children of the U.S. military

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Children of the U.S. military

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Children of the U.S. military

Autism Spectrum Disorder:

Tricare

  1. Tricare children, 31% more likely

SERVICE

  1. Military mothers, 46% more likely
  2. Military fathers, 42% more likely
  3. If both parents serve, 56% more likely
  4. If both parents on active-duty, 63% more likely

TYPE OF SERVICE OF FATHERS

  1. National Guard/Reserves, 22% more likely
  2. Active-duty, not deployed, 39% more likely
  3. Active-duty, deployed, 67% more likely

ASD SEVERITY OF FATHER’S SERVICE

  1. Mild ASD, 37% more likely
  2. Moderate ASD, 46% more likely
  3. Severe ASD, 83% more likely

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Children of the U.S. military

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Children of the U.S. military

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Our Conclusion: “...must be investigated with all due haste.”

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Children of the U.S. military

Our Conclusion: “...must be investigated with all due haste.”

Reviewer #1: “...a study that would be a serious risk of misinterpretation…”

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Autism In Plain Sight

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Autism In Plain Sight

THANK YOU

Karl Jablonowski, Ph.D. | May.9.2026