Vaccines Are The Cause Of Autism In Children

My brother Dan was born November 22, 1999. Daniel was a normal child, he developed at a normal physical and social rate. He was just beginning to talk, gave eye contact, and would use hand gestures (pointing and clapping). When he was almost 2, he when to the doctor's office to receive his MMR (Measles, mumps, and Rubella) shots. He received 9 doses of the shot. After 24 hours of the vaccination, Dan developed an extremely high fever that lasted for two weeks. Once Dan's fever receded, he did not socialize, give eye contact, couldn't be touched, and did not interact with the family anymore. Dan was diagnosed with Autism soon after. Many families report this happening to their child, the reports have grown since the late 90's. I believe that vaccines are the cause of autism and the only way to lower the rate is to give fewer vaccines at a time.

Many autism families believe that vaccines caused their children to develop the disorder, especially the MMR shots.

"My child fell into autism directly after his 12 month MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine" (Stark). Her son Kieran was developing and acting like a normal child until his MMR vaccines (Stark). After the vaccines, Kieran developed a high fever, lethargic, and extreme diarrhea which eventually led him to be unresponsive, refuse to eat, and became mute (Stark). After 20 months of these symptoms, Kieran was diagnosed with autism (Stark). This parent is just one of millions that experience the same side effects of

vaccines.
What are the ingredients in these vaccines? Many autism parents believe that vaccines have toxins in them such as mercury. The Center of Disease Control and Prevention has tested their vaccines for high mercury levels and they found that there was no correlation between mercury and autism (CDC). However, an Egyptian study was done on Egyptian autistic children by checking mercury levels of each child's hair (El-Baz). They found that "there was a higher concentration of mercury levels in the hair of children with autism as compared to the age and sex matched healthy controls" (El-Baz). I believe that the Egyptian study is correct because my brothers mercury levels were abnormally higher than normal children after his vaccines.
Today, the CDC wants a child to have 49 doses of 14 vaccines by age 6 and 69 doses of 16 vaccines by age 18 (National Vaccine Information Center). In the 1980's, there were only 10 vaccinations required for children and the autism rates are shocking (Autism Science Foundation). In the 1980's, the autism rates were 1 in 10,000 (Autism Science Foundation). Today, the autism rates are 1 in 68 children (Center of Disease control and prevention). It is obvious that as the vaccine doses increased, so did the autism rates and cases.
No parent wants to be told that their child has autism. "Parents of children with an ASD (autism spectrum disorder) had a higher rate of divorce than the comparison group (23.5% vs. 13.8%)" (Hartley). Many parents go through a stage of grief after discovering that their child is disabled. My parents for example, went through grief and anger for half of my life, my mother felt guilty for my brother's condition and my father could not accept that Dan was different from the other kids. Eventually they both were able to overcome the grief and accept that their child was disabled.