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• Health: Mental Health: Disorders: Neurodevelopmental: Autism Spectrum  (542)
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• Autism - A Parent's Perspective - A parents' weblog.
• 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.
• [CDC] Vaccines and Autism Theory - Answers to questions about autism and vaccines from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
• Evidence of Harm - Journalist David Kirby explores the controversy surrounding mercury in vaccines and the autism epidemic.
• Kaia's Page - A mother claims that the autistic spectrum disorder that manifested later in her child's life was caused by an immunization she received as a baby.
• MMR and Autism - Can a Controversy be More One-sided? - Objective information provided by Health Watch UK. [PDF]

• 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. (March 10, 2006)
• 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. (July 29, 2005)
• 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." (June 16, 2005)
• Truth Behind the Vaccine Cover-up - Dr. Russell Blaylock's review of a secret 2000 meeting between CDC officials and scientists about the use of thimerosal. (September 4, 2004)
• 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] (June 11, 2004)
• 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." (May 19, 2004)
• CDC Knew: Mercury in Vaccines Induces Autism - Studies the CDC hidden from the public supporting a link between vaccines and autism. (February 17, 2004)
• Thimerosal in Childhood Vaccines, Neurodevelopment Disorders, and Heart Disease - An informative paper by Mark and David Geier published on the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons. [PDF] (March 21, 2003)
• 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] (December 19, 2002)
• 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] (December 3, 2002)
• 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] (November 11, 2002)
• 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] (March 6, 2001)
• Autism and Mercury - Article on how much mercury children received from vaccines. Explains why thimerosal is more toxic then mercury. (February 24, 2001)
• 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. (January 21, 2001)
• 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] (April 6, 2000)
• 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. (June 11, 1999)
• No Link Between MMR Vaccine, Inflammatory Bowel Disease And Autism - News report on the Peltola study. (May 1, 1998)

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