According to the Centers for Disease Control, 1 in 31 U.S. children is diagnosed with ASD, also known as autism spectrum disorder. The Onion dispels the common myths surrounding autism.MYTH: Autism is caused by vaccines.FACT: There is no scientific evidence that the microchips inside vaccines are linked to autism.MYTH: All autistic people are good at math.FACT: All autistic people are good at Wave Race 64.MYTH: Bad parenting causes autism.FACT: Bad parenting causes people to believe that bad parenting causes autism.MYTH: Only boys can be autistic.FACT: Girls were given access to the spectrum in 1983.MYTH: There werent autistic people in the past.FACT: Who do you think categorized all the bugs?MYTH: All autistic people have a special skill.FACT: Autistic people are often just as useless as the rest of us.MYTH: Autistic people will use martial arts to kill my family.FACT: The Accountant and The Accountant 2 are works of fiction.MYTH: Some people with autism may never work.FACT: Thats awesome, good for them.MYTH: You should have been much, much nicer to your classmates with autism growing up.FACT: This one checks out, actually.The post Autism: Myth Vs. Fact appeared first on The Onion.