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"Please Don't Cry."

I just finished reading today's article for GMA's OnCall+Autism entitled The Dangers of Autism . The article begins with a former college student, Lianne Willey, recounting a time when she sought out the assistance of an officer, only to have that trust betrayed. GMA's Radha Chitale goes on to discuss the many dangers people on the spectrum encounter due to their failure "to recognize warning signs". But visible harm isn't the only danger Radha speaks of.  There are other dangers, lurking about, hidden from view. One of them is seizures. {The following is not an anti-vaccines piece.  It's just me taking a moment... to remember a child.} According to Gina Tembenis, her son, Elias, began having seizures "after receiving 4 shots that contained 9 diseases all in one day".  She also attributed his autism to the vaccines. We were in the ICU for two or three days and when we finally left, what I had stated to the police officer, to the people registerin...