[cas7boys]

Thanks. I think in one of my boys, vaccines were part of the problem, but not the whole problem. My biggest complaint with vaccines (aside from the mercury, of course) is that they inject so many different things at once into undeveloped systems. How could there NOT be problems when that is done to an infant at 2 months old? I prefer they start later, and give less vaccines at once.

I agree that trying to pretend there is no increase is like burying your head in the sand! When my 19 yr old was first diagnosed, there were 2 other children in our community with a similar diagnosis. Now the number is more like 50, and our community has not grown in size. Ignoring the problem doesn't make it go away, nor does it help those affected by it.

[George W. Bush]

I prefer they start later, and give less vaccines at once.

Considering the contents of these vaccines, the kinds of stuff present in no adult vaccine, it seems only prudent. And to introduce so many of the vaccines at once seems reckless to me. I'd never let anyone give me that many major shots at once. Let alone a newborn baby. Yet, unless parents take a strong stand, the hospitals rush them through it.

I agree that trying to pretend there is no increase is like burying your head in the sand! When my 19 yr old was first diagnosed, there were 2 other children in our community with a similar diagnosis.

Even if it were true that we're only seeing a shift of diagnosis from retardation to autism, that doesn't explain the many accounts of children who developed normally and suddenly seemed to regress. At any rate, I'm glad you're upbeat and committed to loving your boys. As I know from observing a special needs cousin, loving parents really do make all the difference. So many people just don't seem to understand that, probably because they lack experience with such children.