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Today, on World Autism Day, we begin with a A Bad Reaction by Sarah Bridges, PhD.  Sarah Bridges earned a PhD and post-doctoral appointment in neuropsychology in 1995 on a fellowship from the National Institutes of Health. She began a consulting firm in 2001 and works with leaders and organizations to increase effectiveness. She is the author of seventeen children s books and has written for the "Washington Post," "Mothering," "Realizing Leadership," and other magazines. She lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with her four children."  

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A mother’s story of raising an autistic son, navigating the vaccine court, and confronting the widespread denial of a link between vaccines and autism.

At four months old, Porter Bridges went in for his well-baby checkup and received an array of vaccines. That night he spiked a 105-degree fever and had a two-hour grand mal seizure. He was rushed to the hospital where doctors struggled to stabilize him while his family paced the halls waiting to hear if he was conscious. Though no one could know it at the time, Porter’s hospitalization marked the start of a terrifying and tragic decline in his health and the health of his family. And while the effects of Porter’s reaction would take years to fully develop, the cause was never in doubt—Porter’s hospital record reads, “Brain injury from pertussis vaccine.”