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How many Canadians today will be thinking about women with disabilities when they think about women's equality?

Dear Robert J. Kennedy:

I'll start by thanking you for your apology for comparing autism to the Holocaust. That was good of you, since likening my child's existence to one of the most horrific acts of mankind was pretty brutal.

Your apology, sadly, was not directed towards my son, since you went on to say, "I struggled to find an expression to convey the catastrophic tragedy of autism which has now destroyed the lives of over 20 million children and shattered their families."

Here are some typical arguments put forward by parents who choose not to vaccinate their otherwise healthy child (by "healthy" I mean they're not asking for an exemption because the child is immunocompromised or otherwise couldn't medically tolerate vaccinations).

For this example, I will pull quotes directly from a recent New York Times article, "Vaccine Critics Turn Defensive Over Measles":

"It's the worst shot," [Missy Foster, mother to an 18 month old daughter] said, with tears in her eyes. "Do you want to wake up one morning and the light is gone from her eyes with autism or something?"

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