Autism prevalence has steadily increased throughout the last decade. In 2000, 1 in 150 children were identified with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). By 2012, that figure was updated to an alarming 1 in 68 children (“Data & Statistics”, 2016). With these rapidly growing figures, public interest to discover the cause of autism is stronger now than ever before. The unfortunate reality is that there is no known cause for autism, and this lingering question has given rise to a troubling stance linking certain vaccinations to the disorder.

Vaccination and Autism: When Science Outweighs Speculation

Autism prevalence has steadily increased throughout the last decade. In 2000, 1 in 150 children were identified with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). By 2012, that…

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