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Autism in the family
June 4, 2008
by Fred Bortz,
1 year 25 weeks ago
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We have a young autistic child in our family, and we are grateful that the parents had him vaccinated. They are also arranging for the kind of early intervention that is likely to move him toward a more-or-less normal life by the time he is a teenager.
How awful it would be if they wasted time and effort fighting the apparently mythological vaccination connection instead of understanding his needs and helping him overcome the problems he will face.
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