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Bob Hannaford's avatar

Very impressive.

I have never believed that vaccines cause autism. Not my autism or anyone else’s.

But I have come to consider the possibility that due to a more fragile genome, we Autistics may be more susceptible to having an allergic reaction to various assaults on our bodies. And, as I’m sure you know, a vaccine is intended to be an assault on the body with the idea of the body rallying a robust immune response to overcome the assault and thus be strengthened against the real virus.

I believe all of those who have weakened genetic material are more likely to be harmed by such things. I think we may be less likely to bounce back from various assaults to the body from whatever the source.

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Christine Huellstrung's avatar

A very thorough article written by you with scientific evidence and sources to back it up. I never believed the connection between vaccines and ASD. As a teacher it is so beneficial for students and their parents to find out if a student has ASD and the sooner the better. Knowledge is powerful and you can make positive changes for the future when you have more understanding. When you have a diagnosis you can learn more about yourself. You have a lot of courage to speak up and I applaud that!

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Daniel Ray's avatar

Good job, Rachel. Informative. Stuff I didn’t know. Expecting to find sound medical information from Twitter is like thinking you can find information on quantum mechanics in Harry Potter novels.

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Rachel Schoenberger's avatar

Yes, there's a lot of bad information out there, so I wanted to clear up some misconceptions and present real evidence.

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