My brother has autism so i really like and respect her for saying what she says!

I agree with the whole vaccination thing...but honestly, you never know until you try. How they found out I was allergic to Penicillin was because I had to take it when I was born. Luckily, I didn't die. It's unfortunate that you try a drug and it can kill your child, but it's not to say not to try things if you absolutely need them done.

Popsugar, What a great website you have going on here girl.

big round of appaluse to ya,

The only parasite is Jenny McCarthy. She has no idea what she is talking about. I am a teacher for children with autism and it is not curable. People who are in the autism community: teachers, parents, real autism advocates and organizations; hate Jenny McCarthy and pray that she will just go away. Unfortunately Oprah gave her a show so I guess that's not happening...
Her son most likely was misdiagnosed as so many children are. If you read her book you'll find that she had to go to multiple doctors before one would tell her that her son had autism. Why didn't the others agree? He probably had a developmental delay which can be misdiagnosed as autism. These children still need special services but it is not autism. We do not know what causes autism but it is not vaccinations. I think it's ridiculous that she have such a big platform to spread her false theories.

Autism cannot be cured. There is no medical cure.

I'm thrilled that Jenny's son Evan has made progress and is doing well, though I'm inclined to believe he was misdiagnosed at the onset of his seizures. And I'm glad she's pushing the cause of autism into the forefront with her celebrity. I just wish she wouldn't make such blanket statements about such a wide-ranging spectrum because, again, autism cannot be cured.

I agree with you for the most part Megan. But many people have to see many doctors before getting a correct diagnosis of autism. So that is not uncommon. I don't believe that her son had autism, he may have been on the spectrum, but he is/was not autistic, because as you point out, that can't be cured. I also agree that vaccinations are not the cause of autism. Many serious diseases were erradicated due to these vaccinations and mercury has long been removed as a preservative in vaccines.

I totally agree with Amanda Peet. I have seen the diseases that we vaccinate against and what they can do to children. People who do not vaccinate their children not only jeopardize their own children's health but that of other children as well.

Incidence of these diseases has plummeted since we have started vaccinating and vaccines are actually among the safest medicines around.

I think she a vain, stupid and irresponsible person who has absolutely no idea what she is talking about. She has the arrogance of the ignorant and her self-centeredness makes her extremely fact-resistant and therefore dangerous.

Nobody has done more to set back the research of autism than Jenny McCarthy and Generation Rescue. That this website continues to post and glorify McCarthy and her ilk just floors me.

Jenny McCarthy doesn't know the first thing about either autism or vaccines and her actions have caused both parents and children enormous harm. She certainly does not deserve to be glorified.

How is it "wacky-wierd" that a man doesn't want to get married or have more children? I'd say that's the opposite of wacky-wierd.

"Incidence of these diseases has plummeted since we have started vaccinating and vaccines are actually among the safest medicines around."

Playing devil's advocate here: hygiene (both the knowledge of and the practice) and better nutrition in Western society played a HUGE part in the eradication of many of these diseases. People now know how diseases are spread and how to prevent it.

Vilifying this woman for bucking the status quo and questioning the establishment is cheap. Maybe vaccines don't cause autism. Does that mean they are 100% safe? No.

Some children are severely damaged after their shots. Some die. That's a fact. there is even a national fund here in the U.S. that pays the parents, so they won't sue the medical companies or the doctors. So, "among the safest medicines around" is not quite true.

I don't think that it is the actual vaccination itself, but it is the combination of the 3 that is a lot to take all at once. I worked at a medical clinic that specialized in nutrition for children with autism, as well as working with a doctor who refused to give mmr vaccines, and the difference between the children at the beginning and a few months later was amazing.

Jenny McCarthy is not some maverick "bucking the status quo and questioning the establishment." She is somebody who spouts misinformation and ignores science to meet her own ends.

Vaccination, not hygiene, played the absolute biggest role in the eradication of disease. If good hygiene was the reason that diseases were eradicated, you would have expected to see a simultaneous decline in all communicable diseases. Polio was a major public health concern until right after the polio vaccine was introduced in 1955. If this was due to hygiene and "better nutrition," then why did it take until the late 1960s for the measles virus morbidity to decline? Just so you know, it was the late 1960s that the measles vaccine was introduced.

"Safest medicines around" is quite true when you compare the numbers of adverse events during vaccinations to other medications. Nothing is 100% safe and there are very rare severe adverse reactions to many life-saving medications. Fortunately, through numerous independent and peer-reviewed scientific publications, we know that autism is not one of the adverse reactions to vaccination.

"I don't think that it is the actual vaccination itself, but it is the combination of the 3 that is a lot to take all at once."

There is no evidence to support this concept at all. Children are exposed to foreign antigens every day. From the food children eat to the resident flora on their skin and in their noses, immune systems are subject to many more antigens in everyday life than what is in a single MMR injection.

As a mother of a child who regressed after an mmr shot, I agree with Ms. McCarthy 110%. I, too, thought modern medicine was the best thing in the world and ran to the doctor for every check up and vaccination until autism changed our world. My son had rubella antibodies of 500. They should have been 10. When he received the mmr, his body was not able to process the live vaccine and held onto it. We have documented pill camera evidence of ulcers in his small bowel where the vaccines ripped his guts apart. We have seen doctors all over the country and continue to try to help him. He has improved with gfcf diet, supplements, chelation, ivig and various other treatments. It used to be impossible to take him in public and now he is the best behaved out of my three sons. All these negative comments above have not walked in my shoes and felt what it was like to have a normal, developing, speaking child be taken away in the dark of night. I hope the nonbelievers never know what my life has been like for the last three years and hope I live to see the day when my view and Ms. McCarthy's view of the need to test a baby/child's immune ability to handle dosages normally given to adults are finally proven true. I do not wish autism on anyone, but until it affects you or someone you love, it is understandable how people do not believe the truth these parents like Jenny are speaking. God bless Jenny and the voice she gives to moms like me out here in the trenches fighting for a normal life for my precious son. When I recover him, I will be shouting from every rooftop that autism is recoverable and do all I can to help others.

I have heard Jenny McCarthy speak about this many times. She does not advocate getting rid of vaccinations all together. What she wants is to go back to the 1980's vaccination schedule, which gave fewer vaccines to young children. That schedule hit the diseases that were most common and dangerous.

Personally, I think it is too soon to say that vaccines have no correlation with autism. There is a family in my town, similar to Lawson's Mom, whose son was fully funtioning past the age of two, and then completely regressed after having some "routine" vaccinations, and has since been diagnosed with autism. I would like to see both sides of the research and the arguement work together to see if they can find what causes this disease so they can help those who have it and their families.

Finally, I also think that too many of us put all of our trust and faith in Western medicine and will do or try anything that the doctor suggests. Having known many people who have been misdiagnosed, over medicated, and left without any help or relief, I think you have to take everything a doctor says with a grain of salt. We should all be willing to get second opinions and also try alternative methods (acupuncture, chiropractors, etc) rather than just having a surgery or popping a pill without giving it a second thought.

Many of the people who believe that their children regressed after the MMR shot (or whatever) did not recognize that their children were already impaired to begin with. Even in the latest cases in the Autism Omnibus Hearings, the parents swore that they had video evidence that their children were "normal" before their shots, experts pointed out that these children had many symptoms of autism that had gone unnoticed by their parents.

The connection between autism and vaccines is only one of confirmation bias. People don't want to believe that there is anything genetically wrong with their kids. They want to believe that it can be fixed and when they hear others talking about vaccine damage and GFCF and chelation, they naturally want to pursue that route in the face of all available data and science.

People should be aware that there is no biological mechanism by which vaccines would "rip one's guts apart."

So - if you teach kids with autism you know more about it than a parent who watched their child descend into autism? That's a laugh. Try living with it 24 hours a day, see how long you last. As to other comments that Jenny's son was misdiagnosed? Very likely. So was my son. Autism tney told me, he'll never get better, no hope, no cure, blah blah blah. Worst day of my life. Turns out, he suffered from as yet unnamed autoimmune responses, heavy metal toxicity, gut dysbiosis, and major food allergies. We have been chelating for about a year (and yes, I know all the bs about the "dangers", but toxic levels of lead, mercury and aluminum do their own damage), and we are looking at a different child. From totally non-verbal at 4 to language appropriate to a 4 year old now. We still have a little way to go, but we have brought this child back from isolation and silence. He can now attend mainstream schools, play with other kids, hug his parents. Why would you discourage parents from doing the same for their kids? What is so wrong with hope? Are all you educators afraid you'll be out of a job when people realize that autism is a MEDICAL disorder, not an incurable psychiatric one? I thought it was supposed to be "all about the kids". Well, the kids are sick, not crazy. And all you teachers out there who insist that autism is not curable - come to my house and look at my son. His teachers are all believers now.

I don't beleive her son was autistic at all but had a seizure disorder and some delays. Once he was stablized on meds his condition improved. Jenny McCarthy saw this as a golden opportunity to make money off of books and to get her no talent self back on TV. This woman just needs to go away and she can take her no talent boyfriend with her. They are both cons in my opinion when it comes to claiming this kid was autistic and they have the answers.

What is really pathetic are that the Generation Rescue parents who put this foul mouthed woman out there as their spokesperson. Have you seen her and Carrey in a TV interview? They come across as Dumb and Dumber. Maybe if parents want to convince the world that vaccines are harmful they should dump this fool as their mouthpiece. She makes people cringe and run in the other direction!
I also do not believe her son was on the spectrum. It's a good way for to generate an income for herself though isn't it?

Big pharma shills abound!

Thank you Jenny, for your voice, and for Evan.

I do believe that vaccines are harmful and that children can recover, however I don't think Evan was ever autistic and think Jenny looked at this as an opportunity to milk his seizure issues for all they're worth. The woman is an ex-stripper who really is low rent and comes across as an uneducated joke in interviews. McCarthy makes me sick and I am a biomed mom!

The biggest Pharma shill of them all is Jenny McCarthy.
She promotes botox and silicone.
Hmmm! Maybe it was the toxins from botox and the silicone
that harmed her son. That stuff cannot be good for the body.
Maybe Evan was poisoned by these chemicals while he
was in the uterus.

From what I read, McCarthy smoked throughout her pregnancy and is no doubt filled with Botox, Silicone and clearly gallons of bleach (on that hair) so it's laughable that she wants to blame vaccines. Jenny is a walking toxin herself and she exposed her kid to all of it. Her guilt won't let her admit that so blaming the vaccines is easier. This woman is a HYPOCRITE. She loves certain toxins but hates others. Yeah, that's a great message to send!

Keep trying...Jenny McCarthy, a big pharma shill?!? That's actually hilarious! You made my morning with that ridiculous comment. I'm suuuure that's the way the big pharma companies think of her.

I am the parent of a child with autism, or actually a child with autoimmune disorder, heavy metal toxicity, vaccine injury, oh...and diagnosed Complex 1 mitochondrial disorder. I belong to many parent support groups. I have access to the opinions of THOUSANDS of parents of children with autism. Some are groups that support biomedical treatments, some are about getting proper educational support, some are just for...support of any kind. I have NEVER heard any of these parents speak negatively of Jenny McCarthy. At worst, they are thankful for the attention she is bringing to autism. At best, they celebrate her! Do not trust anyone who tells you they are an "expert" on these matters if they tell you ALL the parents, teachers, etc. don't support her. It is the farthest thing from the truth. People are PAID by big pharma to pretend to be teachers, parents, whatever...and immediately get on comment boards like this and LIE through their teeth. It's very hard to know who to trust. Just food for thought for those of you who are reading this in desperation of wanting to help your child. There IS hope, autism IS medical. The best approach is to combine biomedical treatments with any other behavioral/supportive therapies (ABA, OT, ST, DT, RDI) that you can provide for your child.

This debate isn't going anywhere. Not with one 1 out of 38 boys being diagnosed with autism at some point in their lives. The truth will prevail in the end.

I agree w/ several of the prior posts that Evan was misdiagnosed like 99 percent of those receiving the label of autism. Autism is a convenient label used instead of vaccine injury.

Some parents reading this will have their children diagnosed with PDD or autism in the future and I want them to know the biomedical treatments Jenny discusses in her books WORKS! I utilized many starting before she wrote her books and our child has dramatically improved. I shudder to think of the parents buying into the "there is nothing you can do" nonsense espoused here by several posters and parroted daily by the vast majority of our mainstream medical community. The sad fact is Jenny knows more about vaccine side effects than most pediatricians. Equally true and sad is that she knows much more about how to help kids injured by the unsafe and unnecessary vaccines we are pumping our children full of at an ever expanding rate than most pediatricians. She didn't invent the treatments-she is just getting the inf to the masses. It really makes me wonder what the motivation of those launching such vicious attacks when all she is actually doing is helping disabled children and giving hope to families who find themselves in the twilight zone of- "Your child has autism, we have no prognosis and no treatments,check into institutions-have a nice day." Insurance will deny basic medical services because autism is "untreatable". Even as developmental disabilities reach the level of 1-100 kids foolish paid spokes people like Amanda Peet propagate the huge lie that vaccines are as pure as the driven snow.
Here's what I know-the Hep-B vaccination almost killed my son-the hospital went into total denial mode and biomedical treatments have transformed my severely autistic son into a happy,verbal,look you in the eye,pain feeling,empathetic, non fecal impacted little boy. He has a long way to go but even if he never improves any more he has a quality of life we never dared dream possible two years ago-impossible without aggressive biomedical treatments. My doctor is an MD and a PHD. We have to travel 200 miles to see him and it costs a lot of money and it is worth every damn cent. Jenny Rocks

Can't stand her. I implemented lots of biomed for my child long before Jenny came along. Karen Seroussi wrote a great book and there is a lot of other info. out there. McCarthy really does try to claim she brought all of this to light whenever I see her interviewed. Sorry, she's not smart enough to have thought up any treaments. And to the person who claims Jenny know more than doctors...please. Get real. Statements like that just gives ammunition to the pro vaccine people.

Mean, self-righteous, judgmental, inaccurate -- all the character flaws shown by the Jenny-bashers above show how they treat other people, too. And what kind of teacher offers no hope to children?

None of the above letters mentions NVAC, ACIP, ACCV -- no one here is monitoring the government agencies that decide our children's vaccine schedule. Nothing about NVICP, VAERS, VSD, or conditions like ADEM, encephalopathy, or mitochondrial dysfunction.

Educate yourselves. Read. Look up peer-reviewed medical studies -- not epidemiology (statistics), but cellular biology. Toxicology. Chemistry.

Know what substances your government bureaucracy is putting into your body, and find out how many people can tolerate it. If you have a family history of depression, Parkinson's, MS, GI issues, you may be at higher risk for vaccine injury. Sadly, our CDC isn't trying to find out; just read what Dr. Anthony Fauci says about that gaping omission in consumer safety research.

Families of vaccine-injured "autistic" children not only have to worry about the disability, they have to worry about the diseases they don't dare vaccinate against -- and the bully mentality of public health administrators and advocates that would force them to re-injure their children in the name of herd immunity.

Does the vaccine work, or doesn't it? If it works for your child, then don't worry. Otherwise please HELP parents find out why their children can't be protected, too. This is not a situation we chose.

I totally agree that vaccines are harmful. I also agree that Jenny is a hypocrite. She has admitted that she loves her Botox (a toxin), bleach (lots of toxins), cigarettes (I guess she thought cancer causing toxins were fine for her son) and silicone (more toxins for her artifical body and self). The woman is a joke.

My son's injuries were caused by the DPT - tics, seizures, OC, ADD, and 2 masses in his head.
Jenny is right. My son was not diagnosed with vaccine injury or autism. He recovered with biomedical treatment that was prescribed by myself unfortunately. His Doctor refused to treat the causes of his symptoms and sent us to a neurologist whom put him on 7 different drugs over 2 years. None of which helped and in fact hindered his growth.
I used information from my nursing school experience. Additionally I learned from countless experiences shared by other successful Mothers.
I just wanted to share that even without an Autism diagnosis the Doctors will not treat the neuro/immune/metabolic dysfunction. They simply cover up the symptoms with drugs not tested for children.
I am happy to say that my son is recovered. He no longer has tics, seizures, abnormal EEG, OC and ADD. He is now 8 years old and drug free for 1 year now.

Hi;
I don't think it is weak children! The medical people are giving booster shots to all even-steven and equal. They give boosters because some people's immune system will not form antibodies to the antigens to these diseases. These are the weak ones! Then there are some that form antibodies right away and should not and do not need boosters. They are the strong ones and they would probably be the ones to come through the disease without even a hic-cup.

Megan 37 Diamond You should not be a teacher of anything!
What parasite. If you took your MMR vaccine then you are safe aren't you? Well aren't you? Jenny speaks for me. Finally after 26 years with three of my family members with an autoimmune disease and finally somebody speaks for me.

Jenny speaks for me! After three decades with three of my family members sick with an autoimmune disorders that have these long list: Kawasakis, obsessive-compulsive, tourettes, autism PPD-NOS and Apspergers- oh and let us not forget the epilepsy, oh and again don't the mitochondria disorder that is labeled envionmental acquired not inherited. I now understand it is inflammatory disease that now the Vasculitis Foundation is going to claim as one of it's family of diseases. I know what brought it on - it was boosters for vaccines!

"I totally agree that vaccines are harmful. I also agree that Jenny is a hypocrite. She has admitted that she loves her Botox (a toxin), bleach (lots of toxins), cigarettes (I guess she thought cancer causing toxins were fine for her son) and silicone (more toxins for her artifical body and self). The woman is a joke."

What's the point of your post? Jenny McCarthy isn't perfect? People can't grow and change? Your perfect?

Many thousands of children will be helped live a better life because of her and all you have is petty criticism. You may be a fine and decent person but your post makes you appear petty and mean. Can you try to put aside your jealousy of Jenny's beauty and popularity and join in helping spread the message that autism is treatable and reversible?

Thank GOD Jenny doesn't speak for me, but I owe her a HUGE amount of thanks. Thanks to Jenny... I started to ready everything I could get my hands on about vaccines before I blindly followed the CDC recommended schedule. 36 shots... our children are getting 36 shots these days. How many did you get? Hmmm? I got 8. I never knew an Autistic child until recently... now I know a lot of them. Do I think vaccines are important... yes, and my child will be vaccinated, BUT, he will be vaccinated and has been vaccinated by spacing out all of his shots... and being selective in the shots that he's getting.

What the CDC recommends and what is required by schools in each state are different... Moms and Dads should look into that before beginning vaccination of their children.

And space them out... one shot at a time, who cares if it takes ten times as long... space them out.

There are adverse vaccine reactions. VAERS stands for Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System and there are at least 5,000 families in vaccine court right now. Vaccines can and should be made safer. If Jenny is on the side of safer vaccines that how can she be wrong? Why not make them better and safer for everyone including the schedule and ingredients.

Anybody can issue a report in VAERS about anything, making it of little use when it comes to making factual connections about adverse reactions. 5000 families in vaccine court.- once again, anybody can file a claim. The omnibus autism proceedings have already announced their first set of decisions in the cases that represent those 5000 families and they were ruled against in a court that didn't even require them to prove conclusively that the child were injured by vaccines. The cases only had to prove that it was possible, and the families couldn't even meet that burden of proof.

Dear Anonymous (post #13):

Re: "Vaccination, not hygiene, played the absolute biggest role in the eradication of disease."

The Institute of Medicine disagrees with you.

"In any case, the number of infections prevented by immunization is actually quite small compared with the total number of infections prevented by other hygienic interventions such as clean water, food, and living conditions."

- "Immunization Safety Review: Multiple Immunizations and Immune Dysfunction" by Kathleen R. Stratton

Yeah. Polio really responded to the clean water. Read up on what disease eradication is and get back to me.

Oh, and the Institute of Medicine has rejected the hypothesis that vaccines cause autism.

As a parent of a child with autism I don't prefer that an ex-porn star be the face of Generation Rescue. It is too bad that this organization was turned over to this piece of garbage. It loses all credibility in my eyes.

Thank you,Jenny for continuing to speak the truth. Your son is better and you could just drop the issue if you wanted. But you know what is being done to children and you are trying to help stop it. THANK YOU. My non-verbal son would thank you, too, if only he could.

As much as I wouldn't wish autism on a dog, I wish that someone of Jenny McCarthy's stature had spoken out and gotten publicity just a few years earlier-- in time to have spared my children the horror of autism. Vaccines are not-- dot, dot, dot-- safe for some children is right. Fortunately, now is the time when recovery methods are being honed so my kids are recovering. And yep they had autism, just like Evan had. And now my daughter does not and my son is doing the impossible. The naysayers can "not believe" all they want but the world isn't waiting for them.

To the teacher who said autism couldn't be cured-- we don't let people like you teach our kids precisely because you don't believe in their capacity to recover. Thank God some special education professionals and therapists do believe-- and they're the ones who have the greatest success with effected children. With 150 or more children a year dying in disability programs from abusive restraint and seclusion practices, I somehow doubt that the teachers perpretrating these crimes have it in the back of their minds that the child they're throttling or hitting over the head or locking into a closet will one day recover the voice to testify against what was done.

I am so glad to see Jenny McCarthy on the cover of Cookie Magazine.

Jenny McCarthy is working so hard to help individuals and families affected by autism. No, she’s not a scientist or doctor, but she’s using her celebrity connections to publicize treatments that have helped her son and so many others with autism.

Jenny’s son was diagnosed with autism by a prominent mainstream neurologist.

Autism is not just about the brain. It involves the immune system, the gastrointestinal system, and chemical processes in the body such as methylation. Autism is not only caused by vaccines, but I believe that vaccines are the primary factor in the huge increase in autism that has occurred during the past 20 years since our vaccine program began expanding exponentially.

Published peer-reviewed studies have shown among people with autism higher rates of inflammation in the brain, inflammatory cytokines in the spinal fluid, autoantibodies to the myelin basic protein that coats nerve cells, and imbalance between Th-1 and Th-2 immune system cells. What could be impacting the immune systems of today’s children and teenagers? Hmmmm – how about 24 vaccines by age 2 and another dozen before school starts? This is unprecedented in human history. These vaccines contain adjuvants such as aluminum to provoke a greater response from the immune system, protein, multiple live viruses, and many other ingredients. Injection bypasses the body’s defenses to normal exposures via the lungs, GI tract, and skin.

Yes, some diseases are dangerous. But we cannot properly weigh the risks and benefits of vaccines if the risks of diseases are exagerated and the risks of vaccines are swept under the rug. Vaccine injuries must be studied to better understand prevention, susceptibility, and treatment.

Thousands of parents describe their children reacting to vaccines with high fevers, inconsolable crying, arching, high fevers, and seizures, followed by loss of language, social skills, eye contact, and cognitive abilities – sometimes accompanied by conditions such as inflammatory bowel disease, eczema, and food allergies. Mainstream medicine needs to stop the CYA, denial, and arrogant, narrow minded stubbornness and start paying attention and researching biomedical causes and treatments for autism.

The Jenny-bashing is ignorant and unfounded. She's doing great work.

Wow! You'd think they would have consulted an actual doctor to address medical issues but apparently Cookie Magazine keeps very low standards. Stop getting medical advice from celebrities with no science or medical education at all. No one has done more harm to those with autism than Jenny McCarthy and the propaganda she and her cultist cronies at Generation Rescue feed the media. Vaccines don't cause autism and they never did. Educate yourselves.

A POSTER ABOVE SAYS-Vaccines don't cause autism and they never did. Educate yourselves.

THE POSTER IS WRONG AND SHOULD EDUCATE THEMSELVES

In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 02-0738V
Filed: 20 July 2007
The Court found that Bailey would not have suffered
this delay but for the administration of the MMR vaccine, and that this chain of causation was not too remote, but was rather a proximate sequence of cause and effect leading inexorably from
vaccination to Pervasive Developmental Delay.(pdd IS an autism spectrum disorder)
III. CONCLUSION
Therefore, in light of the foregoing, the Court rules in favor of entitlement in this matter. The
parties are to contact the Court as soon as practicable to schedule a status conference on the issue
of damages.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Richard B. Abell
Special Master

There is much more to this issue than most know and it is an indisputable fact vaccines injure many children regardless of the label put on the victim afterward. Why else have "special court" adjudicated by "special masters"? The court is designed to DENY access to justice for 99% of the victims and HIDE the entire issue from the public. Anyone reading these posts that bothers to really look into this issue will not like what they find.

Jenny McCarthy, the Queen of Botox and God knows what other chemicals, preaches about toxins in vaccines. I'll get my information from someone who isn't such a hypocrite.

@46 Bailey Bank does not have autism. He suffered from ADEM. As another poster noted above, the standard of proof in vaccine court is very low. You only have to prove that it is possible, not that it actually happened.

I wrote a couple of long comments which have links in them so they are pending review. For the meantime, I just need to say @48 that Bailey Banks did and does have autism, which was caused by ADEM, which was caused by the vaccines he received.

No, Twyla, Bailey Banks does not have autism. The special master in the Banks case specifically said in the footnotes of the decision that Bailey Banks does not have autism. The Banks pediatrician even said that the child did not have autism. The title of the ruling includes the words "non autistic developmental delay."

The incidence of ADEM after actually having the measles is 1 in 1000, while the most generous statistics put the incidence of having ADEM after a vaccination is about 1 in 1 million. The conclusion of the Banks case wasn't "vaccines caused autism," it was " vaccine might have caused ADEM, which might have cause a non-autistic delay."