Polio1955

I would for sure, haha! The situation needs to have some more attention brought to it. I don't think parents completely understand the consequences of not vaccinating.

I think there's something wrong with them. They have no understanding of the situation, and they're essentially... They're being "sucked in" to the autism ridiculousness from McCarthy who has no evidence to fall back on, but somehow has exposure to feed the people with disinformation.

I would ask her if she is actually completely serious or just doing it for attention/money/infamy. I think I would probably shout at her. I know it wouldn't do much to help, but I really get angry with the disinformation she is spreading.

She is an insult to every disabled person in the world.

1) My mother didn't agree nor disagree with it. I don't even think it was an issue at the time where I grew up (Sydney, Australia) with an anti-vaccine crowd, but I'm not sure. I just think she was blind to the consequences.

2) To be honest, I feel like a freak. And I've become moreorless a hermit because I don't like going out because I get stared at, and sometimes that becomes too much. Having people my own age who turn to stare at me.. I'm just saddened by the example that adults like that set to children, that people with physical disabilities are something to be stared at like a freakshow.

3) That they need to take an objective view and read the evidence that is out there. It's really that simple.

I love my mother.

My mother told me at the time and later in my life that she was waiting for a letter from the health services for when the vaccinations would occur, but I've since learnt that she made that up. I keep in mind that she was only 19 when I was born (1955) and she was a single mother. She had no help from her parents and was only 23 when I contracted polio in 1959. I really think she just had no idea what she was doing.