I chose the organization Raising Special Kids to describe
to their newsletter. Each Monday I will receive an email called the
Monday Memo in additional to their full newsletter. The Monday Memo will encompass featured news
articles for Arizona and national headlines, community events, Raising Special
Kids workshops and a family story.
“Raising Special Kids exists to improve the lives of
children with the full range of disabilities, from birth to age 26, by
providing support, training, information and individual assistance so families
can become effective advocates for their children” (Raising Special Kids,
2014).
The Monday Memo contained an article about a new research study
that looks at the correlation autism and vaccines. It validates that there is no link. I know that for some time it has been a
concern with many families. Although
there is new research that states there simply no validity I know there are
many families that will still have this concern and chose not to vaccinate
their children.
Raising Special Kids. (2014). History & Mission. Retrieved September 13, 2014, from http://www.raisingspecialkids.org/about-us/history-mission/
I am greatly concerned about the number of people who make uneducated decisions based of something they heard someone famous say. In all of my years as an educator, I have only ever met ONE child who had suffered complications due to having had immunizations; and in that one case, they were unable to determine if the medicine caused the problem, or the way in which it was administered. People need to base their decisions on facts that can be proven, not blurbs they read "somewhere".
ReplyDeleteI have not had that experience either but there is such a large campaign against them. The chances of what complications will occur is much higher than the probability. Research is stating that autism happens in the womb. I am fortunate to have a healthy child that is vaccinated!
ReplyDeleteI just had a parent enroll and stated that she will not vaccinate her children. She is a mother that was in military and feels strong about this issue. I have given her as much information as I had on vaccines and the safety but still refuses. I will pass this one on well.
ReplyDelete