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The incidence of autism in the U.S., Sweden and Denmark began to rise in 1985, with a peak of reported cases in the early 1990s. In Denmark, for example, the annual number of autism cases rose from less than 10 among 2 to 10 year olds before 1990 to 181 in 1999. However, thimerosal in Sweden and Denmark was low in the late 1980s and after 1993 none of their vaccines contained thimerosal. The opposite happened in the United States, where the average amount of thimerosal received from vaccines increased throughout the 1990s. The researchers concluded that the available data, including the evidence from their study, “are not consistent with the hypothesis that increased exposure to thimerosal-containing vaccines are responsible for the apparent increases in the rates of autism in young children being observed worldwide.”

vaxes since 2001, yet the rate continues to climb.

A 2008 research study article from the Archives of General Psychiatry describing no decrease in autism despite the exclusion of more than trace amounts of thimerosal from nearly all childhood vaccines.

I don't have a link to this article since I'm not a subscriber.  Researchers have consistently reported that there is no link.  This connection has been pretty thoroughly debunked.