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Paul Bangura
Mrs. Douglas
English 112
9/14/2016
Vaccinations are not associated with autism
Over the last two decades, extensive research and debates have been going on
to know whether there is any link between childhood vaccination and subsequent
development of autism. Vaccination on one hand protect children from specific diseases
that can make them sick. On the other hand, autism is a neural development disorder
which inhibit the normal growth and development of a child within a social environment.
An autism is caused when the neuron synaptic junction in the brain fail to develop, due
to a chromosomal deficiency. These junctions are responsible for normal cognitive and
recognitive ability. As they remain underdeveloped in an autistic children, their cognitive
processes also inhabited. Some of the signs and symptoms of an autistic children are,
development of speech, reciprocating a gesture like a smile, and responding to his or
her name. However, the controversy surrounding support link between child hood
vaccination and autism is still an issue to deal with, following research and different
opinion.
According to Black, Stephen L a medical doctor, a psychiatrist, a professor of
child and adolescent, psychiatry at the Montreal childrens hospital stated in his opinion
that, him and his co-worker carried out a survey of autism 15 years ago in one locality in
England and based on careful investigation and scientific report, autism is not a cause
as a result of vaccination.

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In Denmark in January 1991 through1998, a popular based study of measles,
mumps and rubella vaccination and autism was made on children By Madsen, Kreester,
M.D. Before the study, it was suggested that vaccination is a cause of autism. The
MMR-vaccination status was observed from the Danish National Board of Health to
every born infant and new residents in Denmark. At the end of the analysis of the result,
it was concluded with strong evidence against the hypothesis that MMR vaccination
causes autism.
Although most scientist rejected the link between vaccination and autism,
Bazzano, Alicia stated that parents of children with autism or autism spectrum disorder
believe that autism is as a result of vaccination on their children. The author made a
survey and 197 out of 460 eligible parents of children under 18 years of age were
receiving state fund due to autism spectrum disorder with developmental disabilities in
west Los Angeles Country.
Furthermore, a concern was raised about the possible link between vaccination
and autism in late 1990s by Fold, Peter I. A global perspective on vaccine safety and
public health was established in 1999. According to the author, the global advisory
committee on vaccine safety advices the World Health Organization (WHO) on vaccine
related safety with global importance was set up. The author stated that eleven
epidemiological studies were reviewed in detail, with a consideration of study limitation
and design on vaccination and autism. The result concluded that there is no evidence
for an association between MMR vaccine and autism.
Finally, the current evidence to show that there is no link between vaccination
and autism was an article written by Miller, Lisa M.D. In his statement, Rigorous

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scientific studies have not identified link between autism and vaccination. He said in his
article that current evidence are the nurses that are in position to produce advice
regarding vaccines in their formal practice area as well as in their daily lives. The author
stated that the article will explore vaccination history and vaccine safety monitoring
system in the United States. He also stated that understanding both the history and
recent research will assist nurses in providing accurate patient information and
interpreting new findings in an area of controversy.

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Works Cited
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Bazzano, Alicia, et al. "Vaccine-Related Beliefs and Practices of Parents of Children
with Autism Spectrum Disorders." American Journal on Intellectual and
Developmental Disabilities 117.3 (2012): 233-42. ProQuest. Web. 14 Sep. 2016.
Folb, Peter I., et al. "A Global Perspective on Vaccine Safety and Public Health: The
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Miller, Lisa, M.D., M.S.P.H., and Reynolds, Joni, R.N., M.S.N. "Autism and Vaccinationthe Current Evidence." Journal for Specialists in Pediatric Nursing 14.3 (2009):
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