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Study compares autism rates and vaccine use

Some Canadians have done the study I’ve been hoping for, comparing autism rates and vaccine use. They’re from the University of British Columbia, and they published it in November in the Journal of Inorgan…
Vaccination: an issue of liberty

The National Vaccine Information Center posted a video about liberty, the liberty that our founding fathers risked their lives for. Does that liberty include the liberty to say no to vaccinations which may harm your ki…
Seizing a link between autism and epilepsy

A new study published in the May issue of Epilepsia shines more light on the link between autism and epilepsy. The findings were picked up by multiple media outlets, including WebMD and U.S. News and World Report, wh…
"Is your daughter autistic because of vaccinations?"

As a parent of a child with autism I am frequently asked, "Do you think your daughter is autistic because of the vaccinations?" I hate that question because it either puts me in one camp or another. And I am in neith…
Protect the Herd at the Expense of the Few

Can vaccines cause autism? Just raising this question causes a firestorm among health professionals who are totally invested in the vaccination system. It’s a system that’s designed to protect the &ld…
Stop Blaming Vaccines!

There has been a lot of talk lately on Autisable about autism and vaccines. Titles like "Maybe Vaccines Aren't to Blame" are a step in the right direction. But do these statements go far enough?
Maybe it's not vaccines

Over the last week, the vaccine-autism debate has raged in a way I haven’t seen since the days when HIV was going to be dropped as the true cause of AIDS. And, just like those times, we are seeing both sides beco…
Maybe it's Not the Cause

Over this past week, a journalistic investigation has for many, dropped the final bomb in a long and bitter war. It was a war against the drug companies. Vaccines were thought by many to be the cause of autism. The o…
Controversial study still in the news

Autism’s biggest firestorm refuses to cede its flames, as The Associated Press reports an analysis of the now-discredited study linking vaccines to autism published by Andrew Wakefield was based on doctored i…
Vaccine-autism debate flares up again

The vaccine-autism debate may fire up once more after CBS News reported that the family of Hannah Poling, an autistic girl once at the center of the debate, will be awarded $1.5 million by the federal government f…