my son is Autistic.
I also have a nephew ( now 16) who has AS and his mother believes with every inch of her body that it was, if not caused by, compounded by the MMR jab. this was many years before the report that has caused such discussion.
at the age when he was due to be given the MMR we alreay had strong suspicions that things were not exactly "right" with him. so after immense amounts of research and carefull consideration i decided NOT to give him the jab.
i looked into having the single jabs but, when we made the appointment it all came out that some places werent even giving the correct jab! so we didnt bother.
i take great offense to being told i am imbecilic becasue i value my childs long term wellbeing. There was a doubt in my mind over the health concerns of the MMR and as we already had worries i did not wish to put my child at any further risk.
how dare she!
all these people so quick judge those of us who choose not to have the MMR shoudl take a trip to a AUTISTIC day centre. just look at how debilitating autism can be and then ask yourself is it worth the risk??
if Ms Knicht wishes to bang a soap box to anyone it shoudl be to the Secretary of health demanding fr the introduction of single vaccinations.
why put millions of children at risk for the sake of bloody mindedness?
by introducing the single vaccines you will be easing the minds of millions of parents, the rate of immunity will shoot up and all will be happy.
I do agree with expat in as much as if we are vaccinating as babies why is this not boosted at teenage?