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MMR @ 3years, safe for my autistic son???

Hayley S

Hi all. Just wana get some opinions on the MMR vaccine.

My son had his first dose at 12months old and I noticed a change in his behaviour straight away. He had started saying 'choo choo' (he loves Thomas the tank), clapping and doing the stars with his hands to 'twinkle twinkle'. Soon after his dose of MMR he stopped all that.

He will be 3years old in December and has only recently started to say 'choo choo' again and a few other words such as cat. he has come on so much which has taken a lot of work from myself, my husband, our families, speech thearpy and speech groups.

I'm frightened that if he has the 2nd dose of MMR it will stop all he's learnt and send him back to the beginning!! 

any feesback or thoughts or suggestions on this would be very much appreciated. I've looked into having the vaccinations done in 3 separate injections... Any thoughts on that either? 

Thanks you. Hayley xxx

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  • I would have him vaccinated. There's no credible evidence that not doing so will do anything other than increase his risk of measles, mumps and rubella.

    My son also began to to show symptoms after his mmr. But that is the age symptoms tend to become noticeable - even in unvaccinated kids. There were subtle signs before then if I look back but nothing that was cause for concern at the time. He has now had his 2nd mmr and was absolutely fine.

    I wouldn't recommend the single jabs. They are less widely tested and just create a window of opportunity betwwen the jabs where your child can contract the diseases they haven't been vaccinated against.

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  • I would have him vaccinated. There's no credible evidence that not doing so will do anything other than increase his risk of measles, mumps and rubella.

    My son also began to to show symptoms after his mmr. But that is the age symptoms tend to become noticeable - even in unvaccinated kids. There were subtle signs before then if I look back but nothing that was cause for concern at the time. He has now had his 2nd mmr and was absolutely fine.

    I wouldn't recommend the single jabs. They are less widely tested and just create a window of opportunity betwwen the jabs where your child can contract the diseases they haven't been vaccinated against.

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