Today, on World Autism Day, let’s honor autistic children and adults everywhere by demanding our federal agencies unlock the four decades of data that hold the secrets to why autism rates are soaring — so we can end the autism epidemic once and for all.

Today is World Autism Awareness Day, established in 2007 by the United Nations (U.N.) to kick off a month devoted to raising public awareness of autism. Incomprehensibly, the U.N. has chosen as its 2025 theme: “Advancing Neurodiversity and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).”

I suggest an alternative theme: ending the autism epidemic by unlocking the data that are key to unraveling the truth about vaccines and autism.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) latest estimates, 1 in 36 children have an autism diagnosis. A recent JAMA Open Network study suggested that number is closer to 1 in 33. We’re not talking about adults diagnosed later in life — these are children, between the ages of 5 and 8.

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