For those blaming Vaccines for their child's ASD...

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Do you have evidence for that? Because you're the first person I've seen make that claim who isn't anti-vaccination.

I will need to find the exact paper that gives the 95% number. There is a lot out there about this. Here are a few:
http://www.nature.com/ncomms/2014/14121 ... s6748.html
"Transcriptome analysis reveals dysregulation of innate immune response genes and neuronal activity-dependent genes in autism" (in Nature)
http://www.autismspeaks.org/science/sci ... ark-autism
"In the largest study of its kind, researchers studying brains affected by autism found a common pattern: Widespread activation of brain immune cells that produce inflammation."
http://www.4mylearn.org/Model/Genes.html
"For example, two immune genes, C4B and HLA-DRB1, are implicated in learning challenges. C4B gene, encodes a protein that is involved in eliminating viruses and bacteria. HLA-DRB1 gene is part of a family of genes that helps the immune system distinguish the body's own proteins from proteins made by foreign invaders such as viruses and bacteria."
"C4B null allele has been found to be present in approximately 60% of children with autism (ASD), attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD/ADD), and dyslexia. In both ASD and ADHD, the children's mother frequently also had a C4B null allele. Fathers had normal frequencies of this null allele. Also approximately 55% carried both the C4B null allele and a similar HLA-DRB1 allele. This compares to only 8% of the general population.
Kids who develop learning challenges are more likely to be kids with multiple immune vulnerabilities whose mothers also have increased immune vulnerabilities. If the mother is unaware, no action will be taken, and the more vulnerable babies will have higher exposure in the womb.