Over the last decade, autism has gone from a rare and misunderstood condition to a disorder that may affect as many as 1.5 million Americans. Without a clear explanation in sight, parents and doctors have worked tirelessly to pinpoint the cause of autism, but the answer remains elusive. Are vaccines the missing link?
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The Science Is There
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By National Autism Association - Think Autism. Think Cure.
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Autism and Mitochondrial Dysfunction: Two different things
Mitochondrial dysfunction is a different condition than autism, regardless of "symptoms". Mitochondrial dysfunction can be cured or conrtolled with medications specifically made for that purpose. Autism cannot be cured or controlled with medication. Certain actions or behaviors that occur due to autism can be somewhat controlled with medication, but there is no medication that will make an autistic child completely 'normal', as medications do when they remove the mercury in a childs body from vaccines.
- wallace12603
July 31, 2008 1:12PM
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To Vaccinate or Not to Vaccinate? That is the question
The National Autism Association has significant evidence that links autism to vaccines. The evidence on the "No" side is also compelling. What the question comes down to is "Is NOT vaccinating your children irresponsible?"
If we do ot vaccinate our children are we, in fact, putting children who have been vaccinated at risk?
Should children who are not vaccinated be allowed to go into schools? I would like opinions on this question.
- Don
August 19, 2008 4:43PM
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You're correct
Not only are we putting children who have been vaccinated at risk but also children who cannot be vaccinated for genuine medical reasons. In fact, a teenager in the UK died in just these circumstances a few months ago: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2166778/Teenager-dies-of-measles-as-cases-continue-to-rise ,-Government-officials-say.html
One thing I do take issue with - you say the NAA has significant evidence? What evidence would that be?
- Kev Leitch
August 21, 2008 1:18AM
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Where
Don,
You state:
"The National Autism Association has significant evidence that links autism to vaccines "
My question is where do they have this information? All I can find on their website is reference is the Wakefield article which has been both completely discredited and not reproducible.
http://www.nationalautismassociation.org/mmr.php
Mercury has been cleared since it is no longer being used and there has been no drop in autism diagnosis rates.
I just feel all this chatter without references about mercury and vaccines is simply taking attention off other research that might advance what we know about autism.
- steve70638
June 3, 2009 1:08PM
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wrong mercury
Harmless organic ethyl-mercury is in vaccines , not hazardous methyl-mercury.
- gatorgirl7563
June 13, 2009 7:01PM
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