Vaccines & Autism/Aspergers

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Hi again,

This topic frustrates me greatly. I was raised by parents who did not believe

in vaccinations, and therefor, to this day, I have never received any

vaccinations, and I am high functioning Aspie.

My oldest son, now 18, did not receive any vaccines until I entered him in

school at 11 years old. He started showing Autism symptoms from 3 mostly with

eating issues, movements, fixations on things, lining up the cars instead of

playing the " normal " way with them. We had NO idea about autism, so now,

everything is hindsight as we look back and see the similarities between himself

and his dx'd little brother. He will be getting diagnosed over the summer so

that he can get whatever help he can at his age. he's almost out of school and

has dealt with those issues with no help from the school at all because his dx

is coming to late for him.

My youngest received his first vaccines in the hospital before we brought him

home. I decided that I didn't want him to go through what my oldest did when he

received his vaccinations so late in his life, they made him pretty sick with

flu-like symptoms and they hurt, and he remembers it all.

So, I find it very hard to say vaccines are the cause of Autism. It seems

heredity is the cause for us, I have other members in both sides of the family

who are also autistic/aspergers, either undx'd with the same show of symptoms or

they have a dx.

Just wanted to share this tidbit.

Ashton

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I suspect that in time we will find that there is not one single

cause for autism, and perhaps even that Aspergers Syndrome is in

fact a different condition to classic autism.  Treating the various

conditions - allergies, ADHD, OCS, etc - that seem to go with AS

undoubtedly helps, and may even lessen the actual condition, but I

remain sceptical of a cure.  I hope by now most of us have learnt

that, just as all Aspies are not the same, so no therapy or drug

seems to work well for all of us. 

I have no problems with people sharing what works or doesn't work

for them, but do get annoyed when people start insisting that

something must work, or can't possibly work, for all of us based on

their own experience.  I have met people who are totally committed

to finding a cure for their kid.  All they want is for their kid to

have the best life possible.  I can understand that.  I have also

met one or two who are pursuing a cure because there is no way they

are going to accept that their kid is anything less than normal (in

one case, perfect) because that would reflect badly on them.  It is

one of the few places where I believe someone should step in and

rescue the kid - no kid deserves that sort of parent.  Most of us

just want to get our kids to the place where they can do what they

want to do in life with the least amount of trauma.  If diet works,

that's good; if therapy works, that's good; if probiotics and/or

vitamins work, that's good; if drugs work, well, while not ideal,

that also is good.  It is good when anything makes a

positive difference.

 

Hi again,

This topic frustrates me greatly. I was raised by parents

who did not believe in vaccinations, and therefor, to this

day, I have never received any vaccinations, and I am high

functioning Aspie.

My oldest son, now 18, did not receive any vaccines until

I entered him in school at 11 years old. He started

showing Autism symptoms from 3 mostly with eating issues,

movements, fixations on things, lining up the cars instead

of playing the "normal" way with them. We had NO idea

about autism, so now, everything is hindsight as we look

back and see the similarities between himself and his dx'd

little brother. He will be getting diagnosed over the

summer so that he can get whatever help he can at his age.

he's almost out of school and has dealt with those issues

with no help from the school at all because his dx is

coming to late for him.

My youngest received his first vaccines in the hospital

before we brought him home. I decided that I didn't want

him to go through what my oldest did when he received his

vaccinations so late in his life, they made him pretty

sick with flu-like symptoms and they hurt, and he

remembers it all.

So, I find it very hard to say vaccines are the cause of

Autism. It seems heredity is the cause for us, I have

other members in both sides of the family who are also

autistic/aspergers, either undx'd with the same show of

symptoms or they have a dx.

Just wanted to share this tidbit.

Ashton

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I don't know why the topic frustrates you. You just disagree. Imagine how frustrated the other side feels, too. I listen to all sides, and I'm generally not offended unless someone is attacking me personally, which by the way happens a lot to us that question vaccines. The world is a lot less accepting of anti-vaccines, than those of your beliefs, so again: Imagine how frustrated our side is. To: autism-aspergers From: ashtonca@...Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2012 12:20:17 +0000Subject: Vaccines & Autism/Aspergers

Hi again,

This topic frustrates me greatly. I was raised by parents who did not believe in vaccinations, and therefor, to this day, I have never received any vaccinations, and I am high functioning Aspie.

My oldest son, now 18, did not receive any vaccines until I entered him in school at 11 years old. He started showing Autism symptoms from 3 mostly with eating issues, movements, fixations on things, lining up the cars instead of playing the "normal" way with them. We had NO idea about autism, so now, everything is hindsight as we look back and see the similarities between himself and his dx'd little brother. He will be getting diagnosed over the summer so that he can get whatever help he can at his age. he's almost out of school and has dealt with those issues with no help from the school at all because his dx is coming to late for him.

My youngest received his first vaccines in the hospital before we brought him home. I decided that I didn't want him to go through what my oldest did when he received his vaccinations so late in his life, they made him pretty sick with flu-like symptoms and they hurt, and he remembers it all.

So, I find it very hard to say vaccines are the cause of Autism. It seems heredity is the cause for us, I have other members in both sides of the family who are also autistic/aspergers, either undx'd with the same show of symptoms or they have a dx.

Just wanted to share this tidbit.

Ashton