The link between autism and the infant vaccination schedule is not proven however there are now a lot of research results available that do suggest a link and I am personally convinced that many children are adversely affected by all the vaccinations they have to have and that some autism is caused by it.
I suggest that anyone contemplating vaccinating their child looks at http://www.cliffordmiller.com/ for futher information, particularly if there is any hint of autistic spectrum type symptoms in any of their relatives.
Mercury Toxicity
Mercury poisoning is a possible cause of autism, in fact the symptoms of mercury poisoning are very similar to autism symptoms. Unfortunately for many years in this country a mercury based preservative was used in some vaccines so that multiple doses of the vaccine could be taken out of the same bottle. This is still the case in America where vaccinations are compulsory and the autism rates are even higher. Mercury is highly poisonous and it tends to migrate to the brain causing major problems in brain function.It has been found that autistic children find it difficult to excrete mercury and so it accumulates in their brain. I suspect that the other ingredients of vaccines also have a detrimental effect on the immune system by over stimulating it causing increased sensitivity and allergic reactions..
The following is said to be from the National Autism Society in the US regarding research the effects of a schedule of US vaccinations on monkeys.
Infant Primates Given Vaccines On U.S. Children's Immunization Schedule Develop Behavioral Symptoms Of Autism
20 May 2008
A primate model for autism using the U.S. children's immunization schedule was unveiled at the International Meeting For Autism Research (IMFAR) this weekend. The research underscores the critical need for studies into vaccine safety and the immune and mitochondrial dysfunction of autistic children. The National Autism Association (NAA) questions why the government hasn't undertaken these vital studies and why researchers have had to depend on private money to perform this critical science that will surely impact the health of millions of children worldwide.
While the authors and organizations associated with this study are withholding comment until publication, University of Pittsburgh's Dr. Laura Hewitson, Ph.D., described at the IMFAR meeting how vaccinated animals, when compared to unvaccinated animals, showed significant neurodevelopmental deficits and "significant associations between specific aberrant social and non-social behaviors, isotope binding, and vaccine exposure."
Researchers also reported at the scientific meeting that "vaccinated animals exhibited progressively severe chronic active inflammation whereas unexposed animals did not" and found "many significant differences in the GI tissue gene expression profiles between vaccinated and unvaccinated animals." Gastrointestinal issues are a common symptom of children with regressive autism.
NAA calls for the NIH to conduct large scale, non-epidemiological studies into the biomedical symptoms surrounding young children and all vaccines, including those containing the mercury-based preservative thimerosal and other additives like aluminum.
This request for further research echoes that of Dr. Bernadine Healy, Former NIH Director in a CBS interview earlier this week. "I think public health officials have been too quick to dismiss the hypothesis as 'irrational, ' without sufficient studies of causation... without studying the population that got sick," Healy said. "I have not seen major studies that focus on 300 kids who got autistic symptoms within a period of a few weeks of the vaccines."
Recently the government's vaccine court conceded the case of Hannah Poling, admitting that vaccines triggered her regression into autism by exacerbating mitochondrial dysfunction. "The recent Poling case and this new research provide further evidence that the CDC has fallen down on their job to protect children from harm. The biomedical research to date suggests that parental reports of regression following vaccination is not only plausible, but likely in certain individuals, " said Scott Bono, NAA Chairman. "To date, the CDC has conducted no safety testing on the possible harmful effects of simultaneously administering multiple vaccines to infants, and has steadfastly refused to state a preference for mercury-free vaccines to be given to children and pregnant women. It's time for HHS and Congress to step in and take vaccine safety away from the CDC."
On June 4th, parents of vaccine-injured children will rally for toxin-free immunizations in Washington, DC. For more information visit http://
National Autism Association
http://www.nationalautism.org