Regardless of what the current US administration would like you to believe, autism is NOT caused by Tylenol, which first came on the market in 1955, while autism was first described in 1911.

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2817406

Claim: Amish people do not get vaccinated and don't have autism.

Neither of these are true. When examined, they found that there are less autism diagnoses but that's largely because they simply aren't being diagnosed, they don't recognize the signs, they don't bring them in for an assessment.

https://publichealthcollaborative.org/alerts/anti-vaccine-myth-that-amish-children-dont-have-autism-resurfaces

Claim: There is no autism in Cuba

False. There very much is but there's a lot of factors that makes it tough to study or get any real numbers.

https://autismspectrumnews.org/autism-in-cuba/

Claim: The MMR vaccine is linked to autism

Please, we settled this 15 years ago when the doctor who made the claim was found to have his own vaccine patent and was paid to manipulate the findings... therefore, his findings were retracted and he lost his license.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2831678/

Additionally, a Denmark study tracked 1,029,099 children for 21 years and found aluminum-adjuvanted vaccines linked to zero extra cases of autism, asthma, or 48 other chronic conditions. Decades of real-world data underscore vaccine safety and the power of science-driven public health. 

https://en.ssi.dk/news/news/2025/large-danish-study-no-link-between-vaccines-and-autism-or-49-other-health-conditions

So what is the real reason?

There are two main reasons for the increase in autism diagnosis rates. The first is the broadened definition of Autism Spectrum Disorder, which means that more people are meeting this definition now than previously. 

Second, there have been many widely successful public health programs that increased screening at wellness visits for children ages 18–24 months to look for signs of autism. Parents, caregivers, and community members are also more aware of the symptoms, and autism is being more accepted in the community. People are not as afraid to seek help and know where to go when they have concerns. 

https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2025/is-there-an-autism-epidemic

Do NOT let this group incite fear, spread misinformation, and do NOT let them hurt you.

mikapoty:

AutismFather:

We've had a lot of Russian and Ukrainian players join recently... some have been approved but haven't joined yet, so we'll get more and more.

Still, as FunMummy said, everyone will have to speak English on the server anyway though.

Omg Autism Father when I will get whitelisted?

Yup, I think you should have been whitelisted today actually. Or yesterday? I've been trying to get through them as quickly as I can but that one video had millions of views and there are many more videos and instagram posts like it. So we're busy!

We've had a lot of Russian and Ukrainian players join recently... some have been approved but haven't joined yet, so we'll get more and more.

Still, as FunMummy said, everyone will have to speak English on the server anyway though.

Heads up, August 23rd is AutCon 2025 on the autcraft server, and in person in Cardiff!

I know this is short notice but we really weren't sure how things were going to go this year. Our last AutCon in person was in 2019 before everything moved to being online only.

This year we've decided to go back to in person events but we want to be sure that we do it right, so we are keeping it small.

However, for those of you who want to get the special AutCon 2025 player head and in game collectables, be sure to sign onto the server at any point within the 24 hour period of August 23rd, server time (Eastern Time Zone).

Providing all goes well, which it should, we look forward to hosting more in person gatherings in the years to come!

So, we hope to see you tomorrow!!

Update your launchers to load 1.21.7 and check out all the new features including the animal variants, lava chicken disc, and of course, the Happy Ghasts!