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The word autism was first used to describe a “subset of schizophrenic patients who were especially withdrawn and self-absorbed” (Sole-Smith, Virginia). The meaning of autism has changed drastically since its initial definition. In 1991 the United States federal government made autism a special education category. This is when public schools began identifying children on the spectrum and offering them special services allowing them to get the proper assistance related to their needs. (Sole-Smith,…

High fevers, rashes, miserable coughs, a possibility of blindness or even death. Since the creation of the Measles/Mumps/Rubella vaccine in 1957, the number of cases a year has gone down from half a million to a handful, even though they are highly contagious (Shames). In today’s society, these viruses are so rare that many people cannot even list the dangers and symptoms. Although this is true of the general population, the preventative measure of vaccinations has been on a decline in Ashland,…

Molly, an 11 year old female weighing 102 pounds and height 4 feet 9 inches was admitted to Adams Children’s Hospital January 14, 2010. Molly came from Indiana to visit her grandfather Billy in Georgia for summer vacation. Her grandfather was a farmer who produced a variety of foods, he also raised livestock. Billy would most often prepare his sheep’s wool with the help of his granddaughter. Molly enjoyed helping him but, most of all she enjoyed playing with the animals on the farm, she also…

The ongoing argument of whether immunizations for children should be a choice or mandated seems like it will never come to an end. In the year 2000, 10 vaccinations have become recommended for children ages 24 months and younger. Since the mandatory childhood vaccinations have been set in place, morbidity rates have decreased between 98-100 percent. The proclaimed risks that are linked to not vaccinating or under vaccinating children outweigh those that come with vaccinating a child. Medical…

died in World War II. After a worldwide vaccination campaign starting in 1966, smallpox was completely eradicated by 1980 (World health organization). Today, vaccines can prevent many serious illnesses, such as polio, measles, diphtheria, pertussis, rubella, mumps, tetanus, rotavirus, and certain types of flu. Vaccinations are given to children from an early age, for they are the most vulnerable to the diseases, and by exposing them to the vaccinations from an early on they will have a lifelong…

All along the history of the humanity, humans have had to deal with many diseases, some of them were very brutal that killed thousands of hundreds of people. People tried a lot of remedies to cure those diseases, but sometimes it wasn’t enough, they tried inoculation which referred to the subcutaneous instillation of the virus into no immune individuals. It was until the 18th century in 1796 when Edward Jenner invented the first vaccine to fight smallpox. From then to now many vaccines have been…

maintain a healthy body without illnesses. Certain malignant antigens however are able to attack the body before the antibodies are able to be generated. Many diseases in the past have decimated large portions of the human race, such as: measles, mumps, rubella, varicella, influenza, polio, and hepatitis. An immeasurable amount of men, women, and children throughout history were defenseless against these diseases and had their lives ruined by arduous illnesses. With the invention of the vaccine,…

Nothing is more tragic than a youthful life that has been taken by the contamination of an executioner malady. It 's an agonizing thought to realize that individual never got the opportunity to live to see their maximum capacity. Maladies murder youngsters consistently. Numerous ailments are microscopic organisms, breathed in by the casualty, contaminating a few ranges of the body. The microbes lives and develops while its casualty kicks the bucket. Different maladies are brought about by…

impacting both children and adults.3 Vaccinations began in 1967 and there has been over a 99% decrease in U.S. cases of mumps, demonstrating that mumps is largely preventable. Vaccination with live mumps virus is administered in the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) combination…

A Shot Will Help You Live The issue of whether to vaccinate young children has become an increasingly large dilemma. Since finding and creating vaccines, there had been the complete and utter “extinction” of some of the most deadly diseases known to man. Now that there are some families deciding not to vaccinate their young children, those diseases have come back with sometimes deadly consequences. Vaccines and immunizations have been used for well over 100 years, and have been credited with…