I sympathize with Jenny, but her efforts are dangerous for communities. Not vaccinating puts children in danger of getting vaccine preventable diseases.

Now i have to watch as my baby boy goes to a special Education Preschool… and Speech and OT therapy almost every day of the week.And im sorry but the word retard really gets to me…When i hear the word "retard" used in an inappropriate way, I want you to think of our Son. i Think of how he is an innocent child with a disability that didn't choose to be this way, but will live his life proudly and happily every day.

Whether someone has an autistic child is irrelevant to their ability to look at research and judgment. Nor does the presence of an autistic child in any way make someone's arguments more valid. Look up "ad hominem."

I notice that you didn't reply to mention any specific "toxins", you simply repeated the claim. And if you are in psych grad school you should be able to under correlation v. causation among other issues. We've gotten better at diagnosing autism at early stages. Thus, autism rates have gone up. That isn't that complicated.

If you doubters of the vaccine/autism link want a good read try this: Sanctity of Human Blood: Vaccination is Not Immunization. You will learn the real reason that vaccines were brought to this country. What worked for the Queen as dominating her subjects through fear has certainly worked here too but through out government. And now, Dr. (if you can call him that) Paul Offit is on his rampage against all of the autism parents. Vaccines were one of the biggest scams to come down the pike in this country. A healthy immune system is all a person needs to get through any of these diseases unscathed.