To me it seems the parents of almost every autistic person I know share a few traits that most other people do not have. I believe these "traits" are genetic but only manifest when brain chemical imbalance is present. The brain chemicals can become imbalanced from different diets, health conditions or stress.
Look at the parents of autistic people you know. Are they of above average intelligence, prone to work in "geeky" fields like engineers, scientist, IT, math, on the shy side?
I think when this type of person has their child vaccinated that child is much more prone to develop autism from the toxic metals in the vaccine. Does anyone else see this correlation?
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Saw this on AOL Health today - Embattled Doc Hoped to Profit Off MMR-Autism Link.
It sounds like the doctor was hired to create an alternative to the MMR vaccines in exchange for flubbing the study.
This article also says that he stood to make $43M.
This guy is bad news.
I apologize as I was not plugged into the community at the time, but how did this become such a commonly held belief? In retrospect, any 12-person study with shady findings would be shredded by today's media. How did it escape scrutiny a mere decade ago?
Hi Chris!
I did see that news today and I am not sure what else can be said to shock me. Despite all the proof that this doctor is totally fraudulent some people still cling onto the myth that the vaccines somehow cause autism. I don't understand it either and I am angry that this man has hijacked the autism community from discussing real research and real solutions to helping our children. So much of this was about propoganda and feeding off people's fears. I really hope this does not happen again but it seems to be human nature?
Thanks so much for your comment...it is much appreciated. Would love to hear from our members as well.
When this new came out - did the community have an uproar? Clearly it was monumental news, but did anyone raise a red flag when it happened? Thats what I find most concerning. If, for example, tomorrow a study comes out that says CHOCOLATE GIVES YOU CANCER - and the study details are as shady as the ones from this study, people - especially the media - will not be reporting. Or will be reporting with extreme skepticism. Why, when this was apparently reported, did people just nod with approval?
Could it be a product that those in the Autism community were desperate for answers of any kind, even if they weren't at all realistic?
These are good questions.
I think that there will always be people who continue to believe in Dr. Wakefield despite the preponderance of evidence that his "research" was a scam. I think this whole event is an example of how myths are created. As a parent we have to scrutinize incoming information for credibility. I am not sure if this would have happened in the days before the internet. So much bogus information is presented as fact...it is difficult to know what to believe.
Thank you for your comments...I hope that others will chime in.