Although all the serious evidence does not point to vaccines as a cause for autism, it doesn’t necessarily allay every parent’s worry. Of course we want what’s best for our child, yet there’s this fear that what is best for the child also puts them in harm’s way.

Lilsugar offers 9 questions to ask your pediatrician to open a dialogue. Check with your doctor’s office because they may also address your questions by email, and may be able to give you more information than they could if answering these questions off-the-cuff during a visit.

Questions to Ask Your Pediatrician About Vaccines | lilsugar - Baby, Toddlers, Kids & Parenting.

This is a too-brief interview I felt but informative nonetheless. The audience of interviewers sounded strongly pro-vaccine … and I would’ve been one of them.

Interview on Vaccines with Dr. Ari Brown, author of Baby 411! « SCIENCE-BASED PARENTING

There was a vocal — and successful — movement in the U.S. to eliminate the preservative thimerasol from most vaccines for children because of fears the chemical had a link to autism. Never mind that autism existed before vaccines, or that some autistic children were never vaccinated — we parents are a protective and sometimes overly cautious bunch.

Now comes a thorough examination of Italian children who were given vaccines with different doses of thimerasol, in which the one child who did have autism is simply a statistical expectation:

Study adds to evidence of vaccine safety | Yahoo! News.

It should make you feel even better about getting your child vaccinated.