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We went to see The Lion King 3D yesterday and it was an all around great family outing.  Going to the movies with a kid with autism is often a crap shoot.  Fine more times that not, but the occasional issue (like throwing Shrek action figure ten rows in front of us and scarring a nice family).  In any case, this time was great.  The movie was about the same as the other 20 or 30 times I’ve seen it, with the fringe benefit of a 3D headache.

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I feel like Paul Revere around here on many days.  Like so many kids with autism, my daughter has seizures.  As if autism in general was not enough, seizures add a whole new level of worry about going out in public and especially with activities like SWIMMING.  You have to be on guard 24/7 and know that even then one day, that might not be enough.

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This makes me very sad because I Love(d) Wired Magazine: A Short History of Vaccine Panic by Amy Wallace.

Amy, the MMR vaccine does not equal all vaccines!

All I do know is that our lives changed on September 27, 2001 when our daughter had her 4 month vaccines. That’s when we had the first seizure of what is as of yesterday 350 or so, so far.

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I am posting these links here because 1) I have been thinking a lot about autism and seizures of late (thanks to more seizures) and 2) I want to know more about this stuff and if it stares at me from my own blog maybe that will motivate me to do so.

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