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Autism is classified as a neurodevelopmental disorder which manifests itself in markedly abnormal social interaction, communication ability, patterns of interests, and patterns of behavior. Although the specific etiology of autism is unknown, many researchers suspect that autism results from genetically mediated vulnerabilities to environmental triggers. While there is disagreement about the magnitude, nature, and mechanisms for such environmental factors, researchers have found seven genes prevalent among individuals diagnosed as autistic. Some estimate that autism occurs in as many as one American child in 166, however the National Institute of Mental Health gives a more conservative estimate of one in 1000. For families that already have one autistic child, the odds of a second autistic child may be as high as one in twenty. Although autism is about 3 to 4 times more common in boys, girls with the disorder tend to have more severe symptoms and greater cognitive impairment. Diagnosis is based on a list of psychiatric criteria, and a series of standardized clinical tests may also be used.
Autism may not be physiologically obvious. A complete physical and neurological evaluation will typically be part of diagnosing autism. Some now speculate that autism is not a single condition but a group of several distinct conditions that manifest in similar ways.
By definition, autism must manifest delays in "social interaction, language as used in social communication, or symbolic or imaginative play," with "onset prior to age 3 years", according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. The ICD-10 also requires symptoms to be "manifest before the age of three years." There have been large increases in the reported incidence of autism, for reasons that are heavily debated by researchers in psychology and related fields within the scientific community.
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Autism - A Parent's Perspective - A parents' blog.
Autism - Cut The Crap - CDC and FDA officials claim researchers and scientists conducted bogus studies supporting a link between mercury in vaccines and autism, but the experts have experience in vaccine safety and/or toxicology and environmental health.
Autism and Mercury - Article on how much mercury children received from vaccines. Explains why thimerosal is more toxic then mercury.
Meta Description: [ By age two, American children have received 237 micrograms of mercury through vaccines alone, which far exceeds current EPA "safe" levels. The figure of one autistic infant for every 150 is now widely documented. Inquiry into vaccine safety is exploding l ]
Autism and Mercury Poisoning - A Mother's Story - A story of a child who recovered from autism and mercury poisoning from vaccines.
Autism and Vaccination - From the University of Sunderland's Autism Research Unit. Discusses current information and research about the possible links between vaccinations and autism.
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Autism Not Linked to MMR Childhood Vaccination - Health Talk - Researcher at McGill University summarizes a 2004 report in The Lancet that says MMR vaccination is not associated with increased risk of autism.
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BBC News: Parents Reassured on Vaccine - Doctors say there is no link between a vaccine for mumps, measles and rubella, and autism or bowel disease in children.
Meta Description: [ Doctors say there is no link between a vaccine for mumps, measles and rubella, and autism or bowel disease in children. ]
CDC Knew: Mercury in Vaccines Induces Autism - Studies the CDC hidden from the public supporting a link between vaccines and autism.
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Evidence of Harm - Journalist David Kirby explores the controversy surrounding mercury in vaccines and the autism epidemic.
Meta Description: [ Evidence of Harm, Mercury in Vaccines and the Autism Epidemic: A Medical Controversy ]
Facts for Media - Theories supporting the relationship between vaccinations and autism.
Government knew of autism link - Eight years before the U.S. government decided to remove mercury from most childhood vaccines, federal health officials were already receiving reports linking vaccinations to new cases of autism.
Meta Description: [ Eight years before the U.S. government decided to remove mercury from most childhood vaccines, federal health officials were already receiving reports linking vaccinations to new cases of autism.
Starting in 1991 after the government set up a database to record adverse reactions to vaccines, doct... ]
Kaia's Page - A mother believes the autistic spectrum disorder that manifested later in her child's life was caused by an immunization she received as a baby.
Milford Daily News - Lawmakers seek new investigation into vaccine autism link - Congress has asked for a new investigation into a potential link between mercury-containing vaccines and autism. (Two previous, comprehensive studies found no association between thimerosal and other neurodevelopmental disorders.)
Meta Description: [ Congress has asked for a new investigation into a potential link between mercury-containing vaccines and autism, as some lawmakers claim the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has inadequately researched the topic.
"If the federal government is going to have a study whose results will be... ]
MMR doctor links 170 cases of autism to vaccine - Dr. Andrew Wakefield identified 170 cases of autism and bowel disease in children who had the triple-dose injection.
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No Link Between MMR Vaccine, Inflammatory Bowel Disease And Autism - News report on the Peltola study.
No Mercury - A blog, formally No Points For Trying, criticizes MSNBC's coverage of an autism power of truth rally in July of 2005 and NBC's week series of autism in February of 2005. Points out errors and misinformation about vaccines and autism.
No rest for family warning of vaccine-autism tie - A father believes his son was damaged by the MMR vaccine.
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NPR : Commentary: Autism and Vaccination - A panel of experts affiliated with the National Academy of Sciences says mercury in vaccines is not causing a rise in childhood autism. But many advocates for children's health aren't convinced. Commentator David Ropeik wonders if they've closed their minds to the facts. [2:49 Realaudio broadcast]
Meta Description: [ A panel of experts affiliated with the National Academy of Sciences says mercury in vaccines is not causing a rise in childhood autism. But many advocates for children's health aren't convinced. Commentator David Ropeik wonders if they've closed their minds to the facts. ]
NPR : Homeland Security Provision Bars Lawsuits Against Drug Maker - A last-minute addition to the Homeland Security Act effectively cancels more than 200 lawsuits against drug maker Eli Lilly. The cases involve children whose autism may be tied to a vaccine developed by Lilly. NPR's Julie Rovner reports. [3:53 Realaudio broadcast]
Meta Description: [ A last-minute addition to the Homeland Security Act effectively cancels more than 200 lawsuits against drug maker Eli Lilly. The cases involve children whose autism may be tied to a vaccine developed by Lilly. NPR's Julie Rovner reports. ]
NPR : MMR Autism - NPR's Jon Hamilton reports on a new study showing no link between a commonly used childhood vaccine and autism. The 14-year-long study in California kindergartens failed to find an association between a rise in reported autism cases in the state and the MMR vaccine. The research appears in the Journal of the American Medical Association. [4:13 Realaudio broadcast]
Meta Description: [ NPR's Jon Hamilton reports on a new study showing no link between a commonly used childhood vaccine and autism. The 14-year-long study in California kindergartens failed to find an association between a rise in reported autism cases in the state and the MMR vaccine. The research appears in Wednes... ]
NPR : Researcher Denies Link of Vaccines to Autism - A New York Times Magazine article says a prominent vaccine researcher became concerned about the safety of some childhood inoculations. But the researcher says his views on a link with autism have been misrepresented. NPR's Jon Hamilton reports. [3:35 Realaudio broadcast]
Meta Description: [ A New York Times Magazine article says a prominent vaccine researcher became concerned about the safety of some childhood inoculations. But the researcher says his views on a link with autism have been misrepresented. NPR's Jon Hamilton reports. ]
NPR : Web Site Seeks ID for 'Lilly Bandit' - The Web site TomPaine.com has offered a $10,000 reward to whoever can prove the identity of what the site is calling 'The Eli Lilly Bandit.' Someone inserted two paragraphs into the Homeland Security Bill protecting drug manufacturer Eli Lilly from lawsuits by parents who claim the company's vaccines caused their children's autism. NPR's Alex Chadwick reports. [4:21 Realaudio broadcast]
Meta Description: [ The Web site TomPaine.com has offered a $10,000 reward to whoever can prove the identity of what the site is calling The Eli Lilly Bandit. Someone inserted two paragraphs into the Homeland Security Bill protecting drug manufacturer Eli Lilly from lawsuits by parents who claim the company's vaccin... ]
NPR: Autism - A growing number of parents believe that vaccines are to blame for their children's autism, and they went to Capitol Hill to testify before a House committee. NPR reports on the vaccine's connection to autism, and the research into other possible causes, such as genetics. [12:52 streaming audio broadcast]
Meta Description: [ There appears to be a rise in the number of children being diagnosed with autism. This neurobiological disorder can interfere with a child's ability to communicate, learn and fit in with others. A growing number of parents who care for these children believe that vaccines are to blame for the di... ]
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Panel Finds no Credible Link between Vaccines, Autism - The Institute of Medicine, an influential adviser of the government on scientific matters, said yesterday there is no credible evidence that either the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine or vaccines containing the preservative thimerosal cause autism.
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Petitions to the Media - Organizes online petitions regarding misinformation about vaccinations and autism.
Salon.com News - Deadly immunity - When a study revealed that mercury in childhood vaccines may have caused autism in thousands of kids, the government rushed to conceal the data -- and to prevent parents from suing drug companies for their role in the epidemic.
Study links vaccines containing mercury with autism - Inflammatory reactions in the nervous system following vaccines have been known since 1948. Studies show that children receving thimerosal containing vaccines were more likely to develop autism, than children who received thimerosal-free vaccines.
The Age of Autism: Mercury creeps back in - Flu shots may be exposing people to approximately as much mercury as once was found in immunizations.
Thimerosal Definite Cause of Autism - Dr. David Ayoub, MD supports the mercury based preservative as a cause for autism and questions the government for approving vaccines with mercury. Also includes available treatment for autism to remove mercury and toxic metals from the body.
Meta Description: [ To what degree of scientific certainty can we prove that current epidemic of autism was caused by the mercury-based preservative, thimerosal, in childhood vaccines? ]
Thimerosal in Childhood Vaccines, Neurodevelopment Disorders, and Heart Disease - A study on mercury in vaccines.
Truth Behind the Vaccine Cover-up - Dr. Russell Blaylock's report on the cover-up of the CDC and public health officials.
Meta Description: [ In this first of a five-part series, Dr. Russell Blaylock reviews a startling report from a conference held in 2000 that reveals the disturbing link between thimerosal exposure in vaccines and several disorders including tics, speech and language delays and possibly to ADD. ]
Vaccine Talk - Vaccine requirements and information for Canada and USA regarding thimerosal information, autism connection, and vaccine stories.
Vaccines, Mercury and Autism - A discussion of vaccines (safety, efficacy and ingredients), mercury and other toxic environmental poisoning, autism causes and cures.
Victim Families Say Autism-Vaccination Link Painfully Obvious - Unbelief in Institute of Medicine findings.
Meta Description: [ Attempts at disclosure have been silenced by the government and media, who
continually deny that any connection exists. Huge potential liabilities
and lost profits are thought to be the primary reason for stonewalling relief
for a situation that now effects 1 in 68 families. ]
[CDC] Vaccines and Autism Theory - Answers to questions about autism and vaccines from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
Meta Description: [ Vaccine Safety: MMR Vaccine and Autism Theory. Main page contains links to many pages on this subject ]
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