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?
Children get vaccines at a young age—a time when they most need to be protected against diseases that can be serious and even deadly. Coincidentally, this is around the same time children are developing quickly (learning to sit, crawl, walk and talk), leading people to wonder if the vaccines are related to problems with development such as autism. However, children can show signs of autism in early infancy before receiving vaccines—and even have differences in their brains as early as birth.
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