My sons first set of shots were given at two months of age.

He received five shots. After they were given his legs began

turning red and swelling before we left the doctors office.

He was crying and nothing seemed to calm him down. I can

remember when my other children were that age, they might

have cried because it hurt for a minute and the needles

might have scared them, but by the next day what ever

fever, if any, was gone.

They might have favored their legs or arms from the injection

sights being sore but nothing Motrin would not make go

away. My son was different, it made him sick, he had a

high fever and swelling of the injection sights for days.

His reactions were unlike my other children's.

 He ran a high temperature in the first two days, and low

grade for several days afterwards. Out of concern we took him

back to the doctor within four days of the immunizations,

he was still running a low grade fever but it was at least

breaking. The doctor was sure he must have had a

virus before he got these shots and that was the cause

of his fever and reaction. 

If we had followed the schedule for immunizations my son

would have gotten his next set of shots the following month.

After the reaction to the first set we waited three more months,

 causing our child to be behind the recommended schedule.

We were still unaware he was autistic, The only worry we had was

about his physical health and wondering if his was allergic

to the injections.

As Parents we were scared to follow the schedule of

immunizations, and that was before we even knew their was a debate

over the link between autism and vaccinations. 

At five months old his was given his second round of shots.

He received SIX shots. When we arrived at the doctors office

my son was in good spirits and cooperated with taking all the

shots.  The fever lasted days, his legs swelled up, and back

to the doctor we went just a few days later.

We heard the same thing, he must have had a virus.

 As parents we knew that this reaction was not typical to

immunizations, we wanted to believe the doctor that it was just

some coincidental timing, but Wow!

Who wants to take their child to get five shots at one

time knowing that they would be sick and miserable

for days or a week afterwards.  Still we had no idea what

Autism was or what causes it.

Because of the reactions, we were nervous as parents. We

wouldn't  give our son anymore then three shots at a

time. The doctor humored our fears by putting my son on a

delayed shot schedule. With each set of shots came days of

fever, followed by days of us wanting to pull our

hair out because of how sick and miserable

our child was from them.

By sixteen months he had started saying daddy pretty regular,

but mommy was still occasional. He was a happy active toddler.

The older they are the more you can see the signs in their

personality after receiving a set of immunizations. 

His hands, legs, and feet warmed up before we had even left

the doctors office.

The nurse told us to take him home and rotate Tylenol and Motrin

every four hours. He went home and went straight to bed.

He slept for three hours, No signs of life, his body

temperature was raising the whole time in spite of the medicine.

His temperature held steady at 104.7 for hours.

This set of shots was different. It was not just physical

anymore we noticed my son withdrew from the world.

It was over night, the cute toddler smiling saying daddy to

the little boy who just wanted to be left alone in his room

for hours. He was sick for days, and quiet. He cried but

there was no sound. He drifted further into his world of

autism. He made no eye contact with us for weeks after that

set of immunizations.

I am no doctor but I am a parent who has not only seen

a bad reaction to the vaccines but a regression of my sons

abilities. Functions he had, affections he did show, and

the words mommy and daddy both were lost. 

There are to many parents out there that could tell my exact story

about their own child. I know that my son did not react to his

shots the way my other children did, that is fact.

To disregard that something is different for our autistic children

after a set of immunizations would be foolish. These

bad reactions are happening and triggering regression in

autistic children everyday and we as parents are the ones 

witnessing it.

I do not need for a doctor to tell me that running

a high fever for days  after the vaccine, becoming withdrawn and

losing functions or the clearly visible skin

 reactions not present in typical children are not normal,

in order for me to know these  are all true reactions I have

seen only in my autistic child.

I am no expert, just a parent  who believes there should not be a

debate over the causes of Autism or whether the  Vaccines played

a roll in it, but a unity in the direction of finding out all effects. 

(Autism And Vaccinations)