Autism


PUBLISHED: 2019 CATEGORY: Parents TYPE: External Link MMR vaccine does not cause autism. Examine the evidence.

MMR vaccine does not cause autism. Examine the evidence.

There is no scientific evidence that MMR vaccine causes autism. The question about a possible link between MMR vaccine and autism has been extensively reviewed by independent groups of experts in the United States, including the National Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Medicine (now renamed the National Academy of Medicine). These reviews have concluded that the available epidemiologic evidence does not support a causal link between MMR vaccine and autism

Corporate Authors: Immunization Action Coalition
Publisher: Immunization Action Coalition

PUBLISHED: 2019 CATEGORY: Health care providers, Parents TYPE: External Link Talking about Vaccines: Autism

Talking about Vaccines: Autism

Claims that vaccines cause autism have led some parents to delay or refuse vaccines for their children. The most common claims are that autism is caused by MMR vaccine, vaccines that contain thimerosal, or too many vaccines. Many scientific studies have been done to test these claims. None has shown any correlation between vaccines and autism.

Corporate Authors: Immunization Action Coalition
Publisher: Immunization Action Coalition

PUBLISHED: 2018 CATEGORY: Health care providers, Parents TYPE: External Link Vaccine Ingredients – Thimerosal

Vaccine Ingredients – Thimerosal

Some people have worried that thimerosal, an ethylmercury-containing preservative in some multi-dose preparations of influenza vaccine, could cause mercury poisoning in children or affect the unborn children of pregnant women who receive this vaccine. But, for many reasons, thimerosal contained in vaccines is not harmful.

Publisher: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

PUBLISHED: 2018 CATEGORY: Parents TYPE: External Link Vaccines and Autism

Vaccines and Autism

Examines the fear held by some parents that the combination measles-mumps-rubella vaccine (MMR) causes autism. Two studies have been cited by those claiming that the MMR vaccine causes autism. Both studies are critically flawed.

Corporate Authors: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Publisher: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

PUBLISHED: 2017 CATEGORY: Health care providers, Parents, Adults TYPE: External Link Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs)

Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs)

Provides links to resources discussing the hypothesis that vaccines cause autism.

Corporate Authors: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Publisher: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

PUBLISHED: 2017 CATEGORY: Health care providers TYPE: External Link Vaccination Rates among Younger Siblings of Children with Autism

Vaccination Rates among Younger Siblings of Children with Autism

The relationship between adverse reactions to vaccine and autism spectrum disorder has received little attention in research as of this writing. At the public health level, a better understanding of the relationship between perceived adverse reactions to vaccine and autism spectrum disorder is necessary in order to more effectively address concerns about vaccination.

Authors: Glickman G et al.
Journal Title: New England Journal of Medicine
Journal Volume: 377
Publisher: Massachusetts Medical Society

PUBLISHED: 2016 CATEGORY: Health care providers, Parents TYPE: External Link Autistic spectrum disorder : no causal relationship with vaccines

Autistic spectrum disorder : no causal relationship with vaccines

Reviews recent controversies surrounding immunizations and ASD (austic spectrum disorder).

Corporate Authors: Canadian Paediatric Society, Infectious Diseases and Immunization Committee
Journal Issue: 5
Journal Title: Paediatrics & Child Health
Journal Volume: 12
Publisher: Canadian Paediatric Society

PUBLISHED: 2016 CATEGORY: TYPE: External Link Les troubles envahissants du développement : aucune relation causale avec les vaccins

Les troubles envahissants du développement : aucune relation causale avec les vaccins

Le présent article analyse de récentes controverses entourant l’immunisation et les troubles envahissants du développment (TED) et conclut qu’aucune donnée n’appuie une association entre ces deux éléments.

Corporate Authors: Société canadienne de pédiatrie, Comité des maladies infectieuses et d'immunisation
Journal Issue: 5
Journal Title: Paediatrics & Child Health
Journal Volume: 12
Publisher: Société canadienne de pédiatrie

PUBLISHED: 2016 CATEGORY: Health care providers TYPE: External Link NICHD Autism Research Information

NICHD Autism Research Information

The US National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) is one of many federal entities involved in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) research. NICHD's portfolio covers a variety of topics in autism, including autism etiology, epidemiology, treatment, and screening. The institute also supports professional training and the development of research infrastructure that will facilitate research in ASD and other intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Corporate Authors: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Publisher: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

PUBLISHED: 2014 CATEGORY: Parents, Adults TYPE: External Link Evidence Shows Vaccines Unrelated to Autism

Evidence Shows Vaccines Unrelated to Autism

Claims that vaccines cause autism have led some parents to delay or refuse vaccines for their children. The most common claims are that autism is caused by measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine, vaccines that contain thimerosal, or too many vaccines. Many studies have been done to test these claims. None has shown that vaccines cause autism. This sheet lays out the facts to help parents understand why experts do not think vaccines cause autism.

Authors: Immunization Action Coalition
Publisher: Immunization Action Coalition