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Autism myth debunked again
Vaccines don’t cause autism, but aren’t perfect: Report
(CBS/AP) Autism’s purported link to childhood vaccines has been debunked – again.
The Institute of Medicine says there’s no link between vaccines and autism and Type 1 Diabetes, as some have speculated. The Institute says they can cause side effects including seizures – but only rarely.
Scotland leads the way with an autism alert card
New alert card to help autism sufferers
A NORTH MSP has welcomed the new autism alert card which can assist emergency personnel if someone with the condition is involved in an accident or becomes a victim of crime.
If child has autism, siblings may too
If child has autism, siblings may too
Researchers at the University of California, Davis, MIND Institute, found 19 percent of younger siblings of children with autism spectrum disorder developed autism — a rate significantly higher than that of the general population — and if there were two children with autism spectrum disorder in the family, the risk of the third sibling developing autism spectrum disorder increased to more than 32 percent.
