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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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  • IntenseWorld said:

    I have not stated that MMR causes autism, I have advised researching and knowing all sides to be able to reach a balanced decision.  I am well aware, having 2 children who are both on the spectrum as well as myself, that autism has at least some genetic element (incidentally, both my children had MMR and I knew nothing about a purported link with autism then).

    I think it's important to understand that knowing all sides of an argument does not mean giving them all equal weight. Speaking personally (and not in a professional capacity) I would trust the overwhelming scientific majority, rather than a former doctor who has been struck off for grossly unprofessional behaviour, and who conducted his research in part by bribing children at a birthday party for blood samples. (Wakefield also gave children unnecessary colonoscopies without proper medical approval, which makes my blood run cold.)

    There is, simply, no reliable or credible evidence whatsoever for any link between MMR and autism. It saddens me that charities and medical professionals have to waste time, effort and money fighting this theory rather than getting on with the main job in hand. And the consequences of non-vaccination are clear, as can be seen from the relatively recent measles outbreak in Wales and the death of one of the victims there.

    Alex R (whose views expressed here are solely personal)

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  • IntenseWorld said:

    I have not stated that MMR causes autism, I have advised researching and knowing all sides to be able to reach a balanced decision.  I am well aware, having 2 children who are both on the spectrum as well as myself, that autism has at least some genetic element (incidentally, both my children had MMR and I knew nothing about a purported link with autism then).

    I think it's important to understand that knowing all sides of an argument does not mean giving them all equal weight. Speaking personally (and not in a professional capacity) I would trust the overwhelming scientific majority, rather than a former doctor who has been struck off for grossly unprofessional behaviour, and who conducted his research in part by bribing children at a birthday party for blood samples. (Wakefield also gave children unnecessary colonoscopies without proper medical approval, which makes my blood run cold.)

    There is, simply, no reliable or credible evidence whatsoever for any link between MMR and autism. It saddens me that charities and medical professionals have to waste time, effort and money fighting this theory rather than getting on with the main job in hand. And the consequences of non-vaccination are clear, as can be seen from the relatively recent measles outbreak in Wales and the death of one of the victims there.

    Alex R (whose views expressed here are solely personal)

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