The Vaccine Autism Link
Age of Autism embraces the belief expressed by the great Bernie Rimland that “the autism epidemic is real, and excessive vaccinations are the cause.”
This carefully calibrated statement reflects several of our core beliefs:
- The autism epidemic is real. This fundamental truth has been
established time and again, completely independent of any concern about
vaccination as the cause. Yet there are epidemic deniers in medicine and
the media who keep claiming otherwise. This pernicious nonsense
detracts from the effort to find out why there has been a
twenty-fold increase in the past two decades. Since the rise in autism
is real, the cause can only be environmental, and finding that cause
becomes the clear priority for all honest research.
- Vaccines are causing the autism epidemic. Exactly how that is taking place is