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12:08pm Monday 6th April 2009 in News By Vicki Foster
A MUM with an autistic son has attended a march to help raise awareness of the condition.
Elaine Butler of London Road, Farningham, attended the Open Your Eyes to Autism rally which took place on March 28 in London.
Mrs Butler’s 19-year-old son, Matthew, was diagnosed with the condition when he was just 18 months old.
Matthew developed autism after having an MMR jab.
Around 2,000 people attended the rally which aimed to improve services such as education, for autistic adults and children.
Mrs Butler said: “It was a truly memorable occasion, which energised so many people and raised an essential awareness to empower those whose lives have been blighted by a condition that now affects so many."
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Richard Cooper says...
3:34pm Mon 6 Apr 09
"Mrs Butler believes her son developed autism as a resul;t of an MMR jab, although there is no evidence to show this to be the case, and no evidence to show that MMR can cause autistic spectrum disorders."
Your sub-editors could obviously make a better job of it, but still get the point across that there is no evidence for any sort of link between MMR and autism - to suggest that there is is to put public health at risk.