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There really is no conclusive evidence that the MMR vaccine causes autism
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More than that, the study which came out last week (I posted a link to the story the other day) has shown quite conclusively that
there is no link between MMR and autism.
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my nephew is 29 months old and he still doesnt speak.he can cay da and bye but thats it we try to help him but it doesnt work.he gets mad really easy but he is really smart.he knows the mop from the broom but im worried about him.he also bites his nails alot and plays with his hands.are these sings of autism?
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Does he have older siblings? Some younger siblings can get very lazy with their speech if they have someone to "translate". But at 29 months, he should have been referred to a speech therapist by now who would be able to see if there is anything to flag.
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My sister's son is 3 years old. he seemed to be developing normally but lately seems less attentive and less aware. Seems prone to anger bouts very easily and concentrates on very abstract things. His speech development doesn't seem to be progressing and frankly his relationship building seems even to be arrested. He is very distrubed by any strangers who come in, in a way in which he never was before.
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Children usually go through a stage where they become wary of strangers, in fact, it is when they don't differentiate between strangers and non-strangers that would be a marker for autistic behaviour.
Is there any history in your family that you are looking for signs of autism with those 2 different children?