VACCINES and AUTISM

ByLaura Weis

ByLaura Weis

Controversy Vaccines vs. Autism

Controversy Vaccines vs. Autism

Parents of Autistic Children

Scientists and Medical Professionals

Vaccines and Safety

Normal Child Development

Parents of Autistic Children

Scientists and Medical Professionals

Vaccines and Safety

Normal Child Development

Increase in Cases of Autism

Increase in Cases of Autism

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Parents of Autistic Children

Parents of Autistic Children

Believe that their child got autism by the MMR vaccine

Noticeable change about the age of 2

Verbal skills and motor skills have regressed

Social interaction has declined or vanished

Change in behavior and personality

Believe that their child got autism by the MMR vaccine

Noticeable change about the age of 2

Verbal skills and motor skills have regressed

Social interaction has declined or vanished

Change in behavior and personality

Scientists and Medical Professionals

Scientists and Medical Professionals

Genetic Disorder

Vaccines are Safe

No Link Between the Two

Genetic Disorder

Vaccines are Safe

No Link Between the Two

Decrease of DiseaseDecrease of Disease

The number of deadly disease cases has dramatically decreased since the introduction of the MMR Vaccine

The number of deadly disease cases has dramatically decreased since the introduction of the MMR Vaccine

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Vaccines Administered in the United States

Vaccines Administered in the United States

1960 children received 19 doses of 4 different vaccines before school age

Children were not given multiple shots on the same day

1960 children received 19 doses of 4 different vaccines before school age

Children were not given multiple shots on the same day

Currently children receive 24 vaccines against 9 diseases by the age of 6 months

Next 2 years children receive another 9 shots of 14 vaccines against 12 diseases

Currently children receive 24 vaccines against 9 diseases by the age of 6 months

Next 2 years children receive another 9 shots of 14 vaccines against 12 diseases

MMR Vaccine

Measles

Mumps

Rubella

Measles

Mumps

Rubella

MeaslesMeasles

Contagious viral disease that can cause death

Cough and runny nose Fever Rash Red eyes Most common causes of death are

pneumonia and encephalitis

Contagious viral disease that can cause death

Cough and runny nose Fever Rash Red eyes Most common causes of death are

pneumonia and encephalitis

MumpsMumps

Contagious viral disease Fever Headache Muscle aches Tiredness Loss of appetite Swelling of salivary glands

Contagious viral disease Fever Headache Muscle aches Tiredness Loss of appetite Swelling of salivary glands

RubellaRubella

Viral disease

Rubella causes measles

Fever

Rash

Viral disease

Rubella causes measles

Fever

Rash

Health of Society

It is everyone’s responsibility to help maintain a

healthy society by doing what we can to remain disease

free.

It is everyone’s responsibility to help maintain a

healthy society by doing what we can to remain disease

free.

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Ongoing Debate

Although there is much controversy with this issue,

there are many support groups for autistic people and their family members. With help and support autism can be managed and a quality of

life can exist.

Although there is much controversy with this issue,

there are many support groups for autistic people and their family members. With help and support autism can be managed and a quality of

life can exist.

ReferencesReferences

CDC. Measles surveillance report No. 11, 1977-1981. September 1982;6-89 CDC. Summary of notifiable diseases, United States-1993. MMWR

1993;42:67. CDC. Measles, Mumps, and Rubella -- Vaccine Use and Strategies for

Elimination of Measles, Rubella, and Congenital Rubella Syndrome and Control of Mumps: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunizations Practices (ACIP). MMWR. Recommendations and Reports. May 22, 1998/ 47(RR-8);1-57.

CDC. 2009. Prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorders -- Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network, United States, 2006. Surveillance Summaries. December 18, 2009 / 58(SS10);1-20

Koch, K. (2000, August 25) Vaccine Controversies. CQ Research, 10, 641-672 “Mumps: a resurgent disease with protean manifestations”. Med J Aust 189 (8): 456-9.

Offit PA (2007). One Man’s Quest to Defeat the World’s Deadliest Diseases. Washington, DC: Smithsonian. ISBN 0-06-122796-X.

Pruitt D. Your Child: Emotional, Behavioral, and Cognitive Development from Birth through Preadolescence by AACAP. Harper Paperbacks (March 22, 2000).

Treffert, D.A. 1970. The Epidemiology of Infantile Autism. American Journal of Psychiatry. 22:431-438.

CDC. Measles surveillance report No. 11, 1977-1981. September 1982;6-89 CDC. Summary of notifiable diseases, United States-1993. MMWR

1993;42:67. CDC. Measles, Mumps, and Rubella -- Vaccine Use and Strategies for

Elimination of Measles, Rubella, and Congenital Rubella Syndrome and Control of Mumps: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunizations Practices (ACIP). MMWR. Recommendations and Reports. May 22, 1998/ 47(RR-8);1-57.

CDC. 2009. Prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorders -- Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network, United States, 2006. Surveillance Summaries. December 18, 2009 / 58(SS10);1-20

Koch, K. (2000, August 25) Vaccine Controversies. CQ Research, 10, 641-672 “Mumps: a resurgent disease with protean manifestations”. Med J Aust 189 (8): 456-9.

Offit PA (2007). One Man’s Quest to Defeat the World’s Deadliest Diseases. Washington, DC: Smithsonian. ISBN 0-06-122796-X.

Pruitt D. Your Child: Emotional, Behavioral, and Cognitive Development from Birth through Preadolescence by AACAP. Harper Paperbacks (March 22, 2000).

Treffert, D.A. 1970. The Epidemiology of Infantile Autism. American Journal of Psychiatry. 22:431-438.