Autism & Vaccines

Despite extensive, science-based evidence to the contrary, the myth that vaccines can cause or contribute to autism persists. Below are resources that help disprove this theory. In addition, there are resources from The Autism Science Foundation, an autism organization that supports the safety and value of vaccines, and Autism Speaks.

• Scientific Studies on MMR and Autism
  Vaccinate Your Family compiled a list of scientific studies on the topic of MMR vaccination and autism.
• Scientific Studies on Thimerosal and Autism
  Vaccinate Your Family compiled a list of scientific studies on the topic of thimerosal and autism.
• “Vaccines and Autism: What You Should Know” Q&A Handout (English)
  This handout was created by the Vaccine Education Center at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
• “Vaccines and Autism: What You Should Know” Q&A Handout (Spanish)
  This handout was created by Vaccine Education Center at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
• Omnibus Autism Proceeding – Overview & Decisions
  This Portal page provides an overview of the Omnibus Autism Proceeding
• “Beyond the Autism/Vaccine Hypothesis: What Parents Need to Know about Autism Research”
  The Autism Science Foundation website address the “Autism/Vaccine” hypothesis and explains to parents that the science shows no relationship between vaccines and autism.
• “New Meta-analysis Confirms: No Association between Vaccines and Autism”
  Autism Speaks put out a statement in 2014 that states “A meta-analysis of ten studies involving more than 1.2 million children reaffirms that vaccines don’t cause autism. If anything, immunization was associated with decreased risk that children would develop autism, a possibility that’s strongest with the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine.”
• “Vaccines are not associated with autism: An evidence-based meta-analysis of case-control and cohort studies”
  This article (referred to in Autism Speaks’ 2014 statement) was published in the journal, Vaccine, in June 2014.