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By Randi Kaye CNN

NEW YORK (CNN) -- He's only 5½ years old, and yet he's practically memorized the entire New York subway grid.

Gwenyth Jackaway started to wonder if Donor-X passed on a genetic component to her son, Dylan, who is autistic.


He reads at the fourth-grade level, plays two-handed piano compositions and is better versed than most adults about the Fibonacci code, a complex mathematics sequence.

Dylan loves Italian music and draws pictures that artist Jackson Pollock would be proud of.

He also happens to be autistic.

Gwenyth Jackaway, Dylan's mother, is a professor at New York's Fordham University. She's single but had always wanted to have a child. So she contacted California Cryobank, one of the largest sperm donor banks in the country.

Cryobank doesn't reveal the identities of donors but allows people to choose based on the traits they'd like their child to have. Jackaway decided on "Donor X" because he appeared philosophical and intelligent on paper. He liked music, loved to travel and had a high IQ and a degree in economics.

What she couldn't know then is that her son would have autism. So she started to wonder whether Donor X might carry a gene that could have contributed. Video Dylan tells Randi Kaye how to take subway back to work



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Autism -- Unraveling the Mystery CNN - April 3, 2008

Deal With Your Mild Autism Wired - April 3, 2008

Jenny McCarthy: My son's recovery from autism
CNN - April 2, 2008
# Story Highlights
# McCarthy believes diet and vitamins helped her son recover from autism
# Vaccines played a role in son's autism, she says
# McCarthy and Jim Carrey think children being given too many vaccines, too soon


Recently, England and Ireland reported that autism is affecting one in 58 individuals.

Study Links Preemies With Autism Signs Live Science - April 2, 2008

Autism Still a Mystery Live Science - April 1, 2008

Autistic poet gives rare glimpse into mystery illness
CNN - April 1, 200

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* Commentary: The CDC's view on autism
* Vaccine-autism link divides parents and scientists
* iReport.com: Living with Autism
* In Depth: Unraveling autism's mystery
* CDC: Autism information center

We believe autism is an environmental illness. Vaccines are not the only environmental trigger, but we do think they play a major role. If we are going to solve this problem and finally start to reverse the rate of autism, we need to consider changing the vaccine schedule, reducing the number of shots given and removing certain ingredients that could be toxic to some children.

We take into account that some children have reactions to medicines like penicillin, for example, yet when it comes to vaccines we are operating as if our kids have a universal tolerance for them. We are acting like ONE SIZE FITS ALL. That is, at the very least, a huge improbability.

Even if the CDC is not convinced of a link between vaccines and autism, changing the vaccine schedule should be seriously considered as a precautionary measure. (If you would like to see some ideas for alternative schedules, check out https://generationrescue.org.)
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