While numerous American autism groups connect vaccines to autism, Canada remains mute regarding the association. Independent research has provided significant evidence that the mercury-containing preservative, thimerosal; aluminum adjuvants; MMR vaccine; and the colossal number of vaccines injected within a very short time span, all contribute to the total burden of autism.
In 2009, three year old Julia was awarded compensation for injury from MMR-V vaccine (MMR plus chickenpox vaccine. Although born a healthy baby, nine days after her first dose of this vaccine she began having seizures and was admitted to a Miami hospital neurology ward where she remained for a month. When she returned home, she was functioning at the level of a two month old. Her diagnosis, post-compensation, was pervasive developmental disorder-not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS), a condition recognized by the US CDC since the 1990s or earlier as one of the Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Even more damning was the 2007 ruling of the US Vaccine Court that MMR vaccine was the proven cause of PDD-NOS in then-ten-year-old Bailey Banks.
In May 2011, a peer-reviewed study published in Pace Environmental Law Review uncovered eighty-three US cases of compensation granted to children for vaccine-induced brain damage court-designated as “encephalopathy”, “residual seizure disorder”, “developmental regression”, etc. In fact, the medical diagnoses of these children had been “autism”. The report’s authors suggest that the eighty-three compensated are ‘just the tip of an iceberg’. Such flagrant denial of the causal relationship between vaccines and autism was publicly demonstrated by the Hannah Polling case. A 2008 Health and Human Services (HHS) report which was leaked to the press conceded that Hannah’s encephalopathy and subsequent developmental regression was triggered by injection of multiple vaccines. However, the report studiously avoided naming her condition “autism” – instead, she was said to have “autism-like symptoms”.
In the past, it’s been assumed autism is a psychological disorder. According to Dr Marcel Kinsbourne, emeritus professor of paediatric neurology at Tufts University and expert in childhood developmental disorders: “It is well known and generally agreed that there are at least dozens of different causes of syndromes of the autistic spectrum. Specifically, such a child could have a degenerative metabolic or a subacute inflammatory condition of the nervous system…” (Callous Disregard: Autism and Vaccines – The Truth Behind a Tragedy by Andrew J Wakefield; 2011; pg 156) The digestive and immune systems can also be involved. The most serious of the illnesses included in the disease category, ASD, are autism, Asperger syndrome, Childhood disintegrative disorder, Rett syndrome and PDD-NOS. ASD also includes the very common abnormalities, attention deficit disorder (ADD) and attention hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
Related VCC Links
- Global Promotes Vaccine Myths (6/3/2017)
- Leading autism information in North America (6/1/2016)
- This Expert Says: The American Government Can’t be Trusted About Vaccine Safety (11/25/2015)
- An Angry Father’s Guide to Vaccine-Autism Science (10/5/2015)
- African-American autism and vaccines by RFK Jr. (7/14/2015)
- The Danger of Excessive Vaccination During Brain Development (6/16/2015)
- When Scientific Dishonesty Hurts Public Health (10/5/2014)
- Whistleblower says CDC knew of vaccine autism link in 2003 (8/5/2014)
- Chile thimerosal ban (1/31/2014)
- Diabetes, Autism Linked (7/19/2013)
- CDC autism studies flawed (4/15/2013)
- Autism rate: 1/50 (4/11/2013)
- MMR Vaccine and Autism – A Mother’s Journey to Heal Her Child (2/27/2013)
- Whooping cough vaccine failure drives resurgence of the disease (8/18/2012)
- MMR triggers autism (6/17/2012)
- Autism Epidemic (4/3/2012)
- The Impact of Administering Several Vaccines At One Time (3/15/2012)
- Lancet author exonerated (3/10/2012)
- BMJ On The Hot Seat (1/14/2012)
- Can We Trust Them? (11/13/2011)
- Aluminum, Autism and Alzheimer’s (7/7/2011)
- In Defence of Dr. Wakefield (1/12/2011)
- The Reality of Vaccine Injuries (9/11/2010)
- Dr. Andrew Wakefield & The Medical Inquisition (2/5/2010)
- The Link between the MMR Vaccine and Autism (6/25/2009)
- Regressive Autism & the MMR Vaccine (4/7/2009)
- New Research Suggests Link Between Vaccine Ingredients and Autism, ADHD (4/7/2009)
- Thimerosal, found in childhood vaccines, can increase the risk of autism-like damage in mice (4/7/2009)
- Effects of MMR immunization and mercury on the prevalence of autism (3/24/2009)
- Dr. Wakefield's saga… the continuation (3/24/2009)
- The Hannah Poling Case: The U.S. Government Concedes Vaccine-Autism Link (3/24/2009)
- CDC Data Links Vaccine Mercury to Autism (2/3/2009)
- Mandatory Childhood Vaccine Programs: Are They Becoming America’s Trojan Horse? (11/25/2008)
- Vaccine Safety Tests: What Are They? Why Do We Need Them? Why Are They Not Being Done? (11/25/2008)
- The danger of excessive vaccination during brain development (11/13/2008)
- Measles-Mumps-Rubella (MMR) Vaccine as a Potential Cause of Encephalitis (Brain Inflammation) in Children (11/13/2008)
- Autism and Toxic Exposures (11/13/2008)
- “Green our vaccines” protests in the U.S. (6/6/2008)
- Infant Monkeys Given Standard Doses of Vaccines Develop Autism Symptoms (5/1/2008)
- Dr. Wakefield’s saga… the continuation (3/27/2008)
- The Hannah Poling Case: The U.S. Government Concedes Vaccine-Autism Link (2/26/2008)
- Congressional Hearing – The Status of Research into Vaccine Safety and Autism (6/19/2002)
- Congressional Testimony April 6 2000 – Autism – Dr Vijendra K. Singh (4/6/2000)
- Congressional Testimony April 6, 2000 Autism Dr. Bernard Rimland (4/6/2000)
Related External Autism Articles & Links:
- AUTISM & ALUMINUM ADJUVANTS IN VACCINES – How Aluminum Adjuvants in Vaccines Can Cause Autism – Informed Consent Action Network (PDF)
- What the News Isn’t Saying About Vaccine-Autism Studies
- Italian court rules MMR did trigger autism
- Columbia University study supporting Wakefield’s studies linking autism and enterocolitis
- Scandal Exposed in Major study of Autism and Mercury
- Theoretical aspects of autism: Causes—A review by Dr. Helen V. Ratajczak
- Email re compensation for vaccine-caused autism from the US Health Resources Services Administration to CBS News
- Federal Court Compensated 83 Vaccine-Injured Autistic Children
- MMR Causes Autism – Another Win in US Federal Court
- British and Japanese Data Show Vaccines Cause Autism:
- When 1 in 150 is Really 1 in 67 by Dr. F. Edward Yazbak
- Is MMR Linked to Autism? Walter O. Spitzer MD testimony to Congress 2001
- Autism and Mercury Testimony Presented By Stephanie Cave, M.D. to Congress July 18, 2000
- Mercury in Medicine – Taking Unnecessary Risks – Chairman Dan Burton
- Scientists Make Gut-Brain Connection to Autism
- Autism Research by Teresa Binstock
- ATEDM Autisme Montréal International medical conferences on autism – 2000, 2001, Autism 2002: Mercury, Heavy Metals… Toxicity
- MMR and Acquired Autism (Autistic Enterocolitis), an extensive analysis and review by David Thrower
- July 2001 US Institute of Medicine Immunization Safety Review, Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccine and Autism
- Autism 2001: The Silent Epidemic, by Dr. F. Edward Yazbak MD
- Autism 2000: A Tragedy, by Dr. F. Edward Yazbak MD
- Autism 99: A Silent Emergency, by Dr. F. Edward Yazbak MD
- Autism May be Caused by an Immune System Response to a Virus (Science Daily)
- Autism Treatments – Dr. Amy S. Holmes, MD
- Autism and Infection/Immunization Episodes in Japan
- The Autism Autoimmunity Project on Autism with Immunology
- How Mercury Causes Brain Neuron Degeneration, University of Calgary
- Whale – U.K. – A Compilation of Many Autism Articles
- Vaccination Liberation: Autism & Immunization – Large Selection of Articles from Diverse Sources
