[blparent] immunizing.

[Steve Jacobson]

Shannon,

It has always been my understanding that autism is generally present before eighteen months even if it is not as obvious.  I am not an expert and could certainly be 
wrong, but I would wonder about attributing a needle at 18 months as the cause.

In particular, there is a lot of attention being given to autism now because it has become more common.  However, I haven't read anything that I felt was truly 
conclusive, and there are really a whole range of possibilities given how society has changed over the past fifty years.  Even the ability to detect it has improved so 
we can't be completely certain of our statistical base.

One of the things I don't like about parenting is that there is a lot of guesswork, trying to choose the road that may only tend to cause the least amount of problems 
rather than guaranteeing any kind of sure success.  We face this over and over again, it seems.  Therefore, in my mind, immunizations probably are the least of the 
evils unless one knows of a particular problem or risk in a particular child.  Of course, I am not trying to deal with religious beliefs that some have, that is a different 
matter altogether.  You will quickly find that you can find something to back up pretty much any position you take regarding parenting which is very frustrating.  While 
none of us are as experts as some authors, I believe that there is a good deal that is written that is more opinion than expertise.  Sometimes the opinion is backed up 
in such a way that it is very useful so I don't reject all of it for that reason, but you simply are stuck with having to sort things out sometimes by considering what 
makes sense to you and by talking to people you trust.

Best regards,

Steve Jacobson

On Mon, 19 Jan 2009 16:44:08 -0400, Shannan Zinck wrote:

>Ok, here is an area of major conflict for me especially. I am visually
>impaired as a result of Rubella Syndrome so you can imagine my dilemma here.
>To immunize or not that is the question. There is endless controversy on
>this subject. I know 2 kids that are Autistic and it seems to be a result of
>their 18 month needle yet if people don't immunize then the risk of Rubella
>comes back and could potentially kill countless unborn children. I have also
>heard that there is a connection with needles and SIDS. Man I know that you
>can't buy into everything that is said but, who is right here anyway. First
>they say that needles are great and now doctors push for them and you're
>faced with ticking them off because you don't know if want to get it done or
>not. Docs around here make it sound manditory so it's hard to argue with
>them about it. They don't seem to give you the option of not doing it. It's
>funny but, I can see how getting it done could be harmful considering you
>are pumping small amounts of disease into your kid yet the later affects can
>be potentially fatal as well. I hate making these decisions. UGH.

>-- 
>Shannan Zinck
>Survival is letting GOD take over!!!
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