
Autism and Trauma: A theoretical paper addressing vaccine avoidance due to fear of autism
Abstract Despite the numerous studies indicating that autism is not caused by vaccines, there are still those who insist that autism is the result of vaccination and that their child was harmed by vaccinations. Explaining the safety of vaccinations has not proven successful in addressing this pernicious theory and in many parts of the country vaccination rates have fallen. Furthermore, telling a concerned parent that vaccines are safe in response to anxiety that a child “seem