After researching this, I have decided that the author is not worth reading in any capacity. 1.) They believe vaccines contribute to autism 2.) Climate change denier 3.) Brexit Supporter 4.) Anti-Islamic bigot
Just read their Quora responses.
Anyone can pay money to put anything on research gate.
Instead, today the villain is...dental fillings.
From March 2018.
Wait, we switched to a dental filling that emits more mercury? That seems... unwise.
And, if our diet is increasing in sugar and we are therefore increasingly needing fillings, the rate of autism could continue to increase even after the change is over.