Vaccine 'link to autism epidemic is being ignored'

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Vaccine 'link to autism epidemic is being ignored'

IRELAND is undergoing an " autism epidemic, " yet no

proper investigations are being carried out to

establish if it is linked to the MMR vaccine, a

coalition of parents' groups claimed yesterday.

The groups, led by Sinnott who sued the State

for its failure to provide proper education for her

autistic son, described the recent Oireachtas

committee report, defending the safety of vaccination,

as a " betrayal of parental trust. "

And she said the slow committee process wasted more

than two years in which " several hundred more children

have been autistic and several thousand have developed

other autistic spectrum disorders.

" We turned to the medical profession for guidance and

in most cases got none. Instead, we were ignored or

told we were imagining physical illnesses in our

children, " she told a press conference organised by

the Green Party yesterday.

She said the parents' groups are now demanding that

the Government, " which so recently mobilised the whole

nation for the benefit of animals during the

foot-and-mouth crisis, respond no less vigorously on

behalf of children in the crisis of the escalating

epidemic of autism. "

The groups are asking that all immunisations be

carried out by GPs as they say the family doctor is

best placed to detect which children may be

susceptible to reactions and to follow up those he has

vaccinated afterwards. The groups also want a vaccine

damage compensation scheme to be established.

Committee member and Green TD, Gormley, said he

was unhappy with the conclusions of the report and he

called for it to be debated in the Dail.

The views of the parent groups, however, run contrary

to those of the World Health Organisation, which

earlier this year said there is evidence showing no

association between the MMR vaccine and autism.

Meanwhile, the Department of Health has asked the

Health Research Bord to investigate possible causes of

autism. The research will focus on autism and

intestinal dysfunction.

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