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H1N1 and autism

post #1 of 4
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Is there any data showing a connection between a mother getting the H1N1 vaccine while pregnant (third trimester) and her child developing autism? I've looked online but haven't come across anything specific.

Thanks for your help!
post #2 of 4
I think it's way too early for anything like that to come out. H1N1 vaccines were primarily administered between October and December (at least where I live), so it's only been 9 months. Autism spectrum disorders are not typically diagnosed until close to age 2, before that it is considered a "developmental delay" and early intervention coupled with other therapies are used to try to help the child overcome the delay. If the delay persists, or other symptoms are noticed, then further testing/evaluation would be conducted and Autism spectrum considered.

So any babies of mothers who received H1N1 vaccines are probably only now starting to show gross or fine motor delays, if there are any. The social and speech/language delays may not be evident for another several months. And by then, if the family is a vaccinating family, the child will have received their doses of this year's flu vaccines, plus the other vaccines on the schedule, plus all the other environmental exposures that children are subjected to, so who knows what is to blame anyway?
post #3 of 4
The most recent autism statistics from the CDC are for children born in 1998. (12 years ago). So it will be a LONG time before we'll have any official numbers.
post #4 of 4
Thread Starter 
Thank you both for your replies. I appreciate you taking the time to answer.
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