Vaccine linked to Autism? Thoughts from parents PLEASE!?

The "doctor" who "discovered" the so called link between the MMR and autism has been struck off. I know how you are feeling I struggled long and hard twice with my boys but ended up giving it in both cases. Its something you will have to decide for yourself, but just be aware that autism tends to present itself at around the same time as MMR is given. I just think of how bad I would feel if my children developed the complications associated with measles, mumps or rubella. Take a bit more time to make your decision don't feel you have to give it to him on monday. Good luck.

That article is 10 years old. The link to vaccines and autism has been discredited many times since then. If you want to skip the MMR vaccine, or hold off on it, fine. But don't let the fear of autism be the reason.

I suspect that many things can cause autism. In my daughters case they tried to detect if she had autism, early onset alzheimers, or some other processing difficulty. In her case, a combination of Mycoplasma Fermentans (discovered by a PCR test done through MDL laboratory), and Borrelia (lyme disease) caused her autism. After long term treatment (ILADS treatment guidelines) for her lyme disease she recovered from the autism. We did try the IDSA treatment first, but it failed to fully take care of the problem and the infectious disease doctor said she had post lyme, but with further tests and a new doctor, long treatment helped her tremendously! The vaccine link I believe, is that the vaccines lower the immune system, then the bacteria (if it is present). takes over. Further according to Dr. Garth Nicholson, a research doctor, M. Fermentans may be in some of the vaccine supply accidently. So maybe there is some exposure there.

Not anymore--they no longer use those preservatives in the MMR vaccine, and that belief was not officially proven. Not long ago, researchers discovered which gene autism is sitting on. That tells me that there's a definite genetic component. It's also more prevalent in males than in females. If someone in your family has autism, then your child is also more likely to develop it. All signs point to a genetic link. Not to a vaccine causing it. The reason why people assumed the vaccine "caused" it was because kids get diagnosed with autism around the same time that they get vaccinated. It's too difficult to diagnose before 18 mos of age because they are not beginning to talk yet. It only becomes apparent after parents notice that their children aren't meeting the milestones that other children are (the main one being verbal communication which is first noted in doctor visits at 18 mos of age).

That is an old article! Its been proven that there is no link between vaccines & autism. The British doctor who made this claim actually had his license revoked in Britain because of such false claims. Unfortunately so many parents were brainwashed into thinking that vaccines were such horrible things and chose to not have their babies vaccinated. Now we're dealing with an even bigger problem, diseases that were once wiped out from vaccines are making a come back. Diseases that can be fatal in children. Pretty scary.

There is no link.

The symptoms of autism often appear when children are receiving certain vaccinations - but this does not mean the vaccinations cause autism. They are also beginning to talk, walk, socialize more, and many other things. Therefore, using the same logic, one could say that learning to talk causes autism.

Always remember that Event A followed by Event B does not mean that Event B caused Event A.

All the best.

The vaccinations don't cause autism. Autism is usually diagnosed right around the time those vaccinations are given, so it's easy to see a link that isn't really there. The theory has been discredited time and time again, but some people seem to want to believe it and keep it going.

There is no proof and never has been about vaccines causing autism. The ONE doctor who claimed there was, who started the whole rumor, has now retracted that claim and personally recommends all children get vaccinated. You can look that up if you don't believe me. :)

that post is from 2000 ..

MMR is not linked to autism...

There are many articles here: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sitesearch.do?x=0...