Friday, March 07, 2008
Autism
My high school friend Ginger has a son that developed Autism after he was vaccinated at an approximate age of 18 months. She has since been a champion, advocating research into the link between autism and vaccines. This week a ruling came down in favor of a little girl named Hannah, who was developing normally until she received 9 vaccines in one day at her well baby check up. Here is the news story about it. CBS Scroll down until you see the autism video, it is not the story that pops up initially. If you are a parent of infants I wanted to at least make you aware of what has transpired recently in this debate. It is so important to be informed. Here is a link to Gingers blog that she has dedicated to Autism research. The whole story of Hannah and other news related information is also there. http://adventuresinautism.blogspot.com/
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
2 comments:
I thought this was an interesting court case, though all the analysis that followed it still came away with the same thing: inconclusive. Of course, with 9 vaccines given in one day, I can see why the parents had a case. Wow! I have read, read, and read about the possibility of vaccines being a factor in autism and i cannot get a straght answer. Why is this issue so hard to get to the bottom of?
It is very complicated, but I think that these parents have valid concerns. For certain children with undetermined predispositions vaccines can be hazardous to them. I always dragged the process out for my kids and never did the pediatricians recommendations for scheduling. I posted this for you and other expecting moms that may not be aware of the "potential" harm.
Post a Comment