Does Immunizations Cause Autism and Asperger's

I was asked the question on another website that I post on, "I know it's a big debate, but do you believe that it is caused by immunization?" To which I responded:

Here's a list of notable people that are believed to have had Asperger's before any such immunizations were invented...

http://www.webmd.com/brain/autism/tc...ymptoms?page=2

"...many respected historical figures have had symptoms of Asperger's, including Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [At three he was picking out chords on the harpsichord, at four playing short pieces, at five composing*], Albert Einstein [had to have his wife dress him because he couldn't figure out on his own which part of his body each article of clothing went on], Marie Curie [awarded the 1903 Nobel Prize for Physics*], and Thomas Jefferson [Framer of our Declaration of Independence and our 3rd President who died penniless**]."

One of my Aspie support group leaders believes that there may be some connection between how many shot that children are given at once. If I'm not mistaken, she said that children under the age of 2 years are given as many as 6 different vaccines in a single session. The practice of putting multiple vaccines into one syringe was started by the military for our adult troops going over seas. Everyone knows that children under the age of 2 years don't have as strong of as an adult and therefore may not be able to handle as intensive treatments.

One of the things that was discussed yesterday at my monthly Aspie meeting is that Autism/Asperger's is a neurological condition. The brain has millions of neural-receptors that are giving off signal at all time. In the Autistic/Aspie brain, some of our receptors are under active while others are over active. So if you were to rate the activity levels of the brain on a 1-10 scale, a "neurotypical" might rate 4-6s straight across the board. The Austisic/Aspie on the other hand might rate 1-3 in many areas and 7-10 in other. When we are in situation where our 1-3 come out, we are labeled handicapped. When we are in situation were our 7-10 come out, we are proclaimed geniuses.

This leads me to a point that is most sensitive to us Aspie, do we need to be cured or do we need to be cut some slack with our 1-3s and given more opportunity to utilize our 7-10s. I think you know where I stand on this issue.

* Encyclopaedia Britanica
** One Night Stands in American History