Is there a connection between birth control pills and Autism?

The people above who mentioned that the link between autism and vaccines has been debunked are CORRECT. The latest news item on this topic appeared around Feb 2009, when a panel of 3 "special masters" listened to experts on both sides and ruled strongly against the link with MMR and thimerisol (I think). Also, Andrew Wakefield, who essentially go the ball rolling on this topic, has indeed been found to have faked data; I'm not even sure he was allowed to testify in the above trial.

Parents with autistic kids find it very hard to believe there's NOT a link when their child starts showing symptoms of autistm soon after a vaccination (especially given all the publicity about an alleged link). But such an illusion of causation is bound to happen - by coincidence alone - many times given how many children are vaccinated and how many also show signs of autism. When it's your child though, it just seems that the vaccine must have caused the symptoms.

Finally, the comment about chelation above is way off base. Yes, chelation removes lead, etc., but those whose children get this "treatment" are no more likely to recover from autism that those whose children do not.

The other day there was a report that about 10% of autistic kids seem to recover, mainly after intensive behavioral therapy. We'll have to wait to see if this holds up and is accepted by the scientific community of autism researchers.

Let me guess--the Catholic Church is spreading this lie around...

I do not know,however,there are connections between many conditions including Autism,Sudden infant Death Syndrome with vaccines.If you want to investigate the lethal side effects of vaccines go to www.uncensored.co.nz
and peruse the articles on the lethal ingredients in vaccines,which your doctor will not tell you about.

I don't think so.

I took the Pill for eleven years, after the birth of my first child, had a break for seven years and then had another child.

Anecdotally, I've seen no link between autism and the Pill.

ive heard not all the vaccines are bad;ut some are that they call a 'hot batch.' so then they are given mistakenly? i dont know. probably is a connection, tho.

Autism is NOT a psychological disorder, it is a disorder of brain/body toxicity, and can be reversed when the toxins are removed from the body (as with chelation). And birth control pills (excess extrogen) can cause other problems but NOT autism.

Wherever you read that, I'd believe it carefully.

Ever since Andrew Wakefield published his study that supposedly linked MMR to autism (leading hundreds of idiotic security moms to refuse to vaccinate their children, leading to an abnormally high rate of measles in the western world, especially the US) the world has gone a little autism-crazy.

Of course the Wakefield study was nonsense and he was later proved to have not only altered but made up his results, and Wakefield proved to be mentally ill.

Yet there are still some who are dumb enough to believe in it (particularly american mothers who blog about it), so there may well be articles here and there stating that there MAY be an unknown link between autism and your breakfast cereal...

No. People always tend to try and find something to blame when their child is different, maybe because they feel that otherwise it's their fault, I don't know. But it's thought that people with autistic children once believed that the fairies had stolen their normal child and replaced it with a fairy child. These fairy children were called changelings or plentyn newid. Personally I think that these scare stories are just the modern day equivalent.

If you're taking birth control, doesn't that prevent you from getting pregnant...?

In other words, I have not heard of any connection between the two.

I have never heard that. It is new to me. My grandson is autistic.

I'd imagine that every mom with an autistic child has theories about what caused it..As there are many possiblities and no single answer, especially in the medical community, I'd say to go with your intuition..An incredible breakthrough in connecting autism to diet is the website www.breakingtheviciouscycle.com , which utilizes a diet that treats , what might be considered one of the underlying triggers of autism. There is also a clinic in Massachusetts (listed on the website ) that is for families touched by autism. The diet is also used for certain autoimmune diseases relating to the gut /intestinal , which is a common problem with autistic children. I used the diet myself and was able to be taken off a IV feeding line after 9 months of not being able to eat anything. Relating to your ? regarding the birth control, sometimes the hormone balance can be off kilter enough to change the homeostasis in the gut and expose the host to an overload of bacterial toxins that are normally kept in check. The thing to remember though is that, when pregnant, babies can be exposed to a myriad of abnormal things or nothing out-of-norm and still develop their own separate issues or be born completely healthy. My best unsolicited advice for anyone looking for answers to health questions , especially regarding children, as I am a mother of 2 with their own challenges, is to keep an open mind and keep looking for the answer that fits your families needs ..and leave the debating to those who have the energy to give to it, or it can be a whopper of a drain .
Good luck!

Rather than answer the question I'd like to respectfully point out some errors in BlackJake Two's answer. Autism is a physiological developmental disorder of the brain. It has nothing to do with toxins present in the body, and it is absolutely not reversible.

As for the birth control issue, this is the first time I have heard it. It sounds thoroughly implausible to me, but I'd like to know your source.

Autism is a neurological disorder most likely caused by GENETIC factors. That means vaccines and environmental factors don't cause it but maybe they exaggerate the symptoms.

In my family, my cousin and myself have been diagnosed with high functioning autism. My grandparents both have learning disabilities while my parents and my uncle have autistic tendencies. When people take a closer look at their families I'm sure many people with autistic children will see some sort of family link.

My parents also blamed my autism on the vaccine even though there are thousands of children who received the same type of vaccine and do not have autism.