http://cnnwire.blogs.cnn.com/2008/03/06/family-says-government-has-conceded-autism-vaccine-link/">ATLANTA (CNN)
— The parents of a 9-year-old girl with autism said Thursday that their assertion that her illness was caused by childhood vaccines has been vindicated by the federal government’s decision to compensate them.
“We are very pleased with the government’s decision,” Hannah Poling’s father, Dr. Jon Poling, a neurologist in private practice in Athens, Ga., told reporters Thursday. “It has been eight difficult and heartbreaking years since our daughter’s injury.”A federal program intended to compensate victims of injuries caused by vaccines concluded last November that Hannah Poling’s underlying illness that had predisposed her to symptoms of autism was “significantly aggravated” by the vaccinations she received as a toddler and that her family should therefore be compensated.
The decision had been sealed and was made available to the public only recently.
More about the family from www.ageofautism.com
From what I’ve been told, the government could not have picked a more credible couple to whom to make their first concession. Dr. Poling graduated from Boston University with a masters and undergraduate degree in biology and a GPA of 3.90. He received his M.D. and Ph.D from Georgetown University and did his neurology internship at Johns Hopkins University, Department of Neurology. ... the mother, Terry, is an attorney and a nurse.
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Do childhood vaccinations cause or contribute to autism? That's the question at the center of a case involving an Atlanta girl. The answer may come today. Meet the 9-year-old and her family who are challenging medical and government experts. A Larry King Exclusive!
Plus, some political power hitters have their say: Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell, and two men who know a thing or two about running for president, John Kerry and Mike Huckabee. Another Larry King Live exclusive!Edited to add video link -
http://www.cnn.com/video/ See baby's descent into Autism.