Autism community’s leaders make it crystal-clear: Vaccinations do not cause autism

In 1998, Andrew Wakefield conducted a study of 12 children linking the MMR vaccine to the onset of autism. His study has since been discredited, he was stripped of his medical license and larger-scale studies were done that refuted Wakefield s findings. But the aftermath of Wakefield s bunk study lives on and the misinformation perseveres. Journalist Jeremy Laurance called it one of the biggest public relations disasters in medicine. If you read any comments section on measles stories in major news networks, you will still read people trumpeting that autism is caused by vaccines. With the outbreak of measles, leaders in the autism community are taking to the airwaves and the internet and making their message clear. Rob Ring, Chief Science Officer, Autism Speaks: Over the last two decades, extensive research has asked whether there is any link between childhood vaccinations and autism.  The results of this research are clear: Vaccines do not cause autism.  We urge that all children b
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