With one phone call to the Developmental Disabilities Resource Center, I found a partner organization that would pick up my ordered food, fill the sacks of food, and deliver the sacks to the schools.

WHITEHOUSE: Not In My Backyard

The survey wasn't designed to determine causes but is useful in assembling a "more complete picture of autism" and in helping communities plan services for children, said Coleen Boyle, director of the CDC's National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities.

WSJ: Autism Diagnoses Up Sharply

Professor of biological chemistry and developmental and cell biology, and co-director of the Center, Peter Donovan, feels the research could have massive benefits.

CNN: Designer babies: Creating the perfect child

In a 2010 laboratory study commissioned by the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics and analyzed by the Environmental Working Group, 17 popular fragrances were found to contain an average of 14 not-listed chemicals, including things like diethyl phthalate (DEP), which the Center for Disease Control has found in 97 percent of Americans and which has been linked to various developmental issues.

FORBES: File Under Ridiculous: Perfume for Babies