I realized that I should have included this in my post last evening, but the post was quite long, so I am adding it in today.
This brief, summarized story is one of many. It is very compelling and was taken almost word for word from Barbara Loe Fishers book, Vaccines, Autism & Chronic Inflammation: The New Epidemic.
"Garrett Goldenberg was a healthy, happy, 13-month old boy and 2 weeks after his MMR shot he began to display autistic like behavior. At 18 months he received the haemophilus influenzae B (Hib) vaccination and his autistic behaviors began to worsen. He was flapping his arms, twirling and spinning, talking non-stop, gagging on his food, etc... Cindy, his mother, took him to a variety of speciality doctors who ran numerous tests and one test came back showing that his rubella titer was borderline high. She wondered why it was above normal after he received the vaccination over a year ago.
Her research began and what she found convinced her that just as the rubella infection can cause autistic behaviors in children with rubella, so could the live virus in the vaccine MMR shot. She also became convinced that, because vaccines are injected directly into the bloodstream, they are capable of causing immune dysfunction, interfering with the body's primary immune system and affecting immuno-globulin levels which facilitate absorption of nutrients by the mucosal lining of the gastrointestinal tract. She met with Dr. Sudir Gupta, MD, PhD and he also confirmed that Garrett had increased rubella titers, etc... Cindy began to make numerous dietary changes in Garrett's diet and also added in some supplements. She also worked around the clock with a variety of therapies to restore his physical and mental state of health.
Years later, Garrett graduated from high school with A's, went to prom and was the first person to recover from regressive autism. Cindy was instrumental in providing doctors with insight into healing autistic children and providing hope to many others." (Fisher, Pg. 21-23)
You can also read about Jennie McCarthy's story as she battled through the same conditions with her son.
2. Fisher, L. Barbara., (2008) Vaccines, Autism & Chronic Inflammation: The New Epidemic. Ohio:
