Family interrupted -- Saving lives with vaccines -- A mostly noncompliant little girl -- Derailment -- Like Rome during the Roman Empire -- The British invasion -- Montrose -- Vaccines don't cause autism : the scientific evidence -- What does cause autism? The scientific evidence -- Struck by lightning -- Our family's future -- "Science tikkun" -- Epilogue : talking points

In Vaccines Did Not Cause Rachel's Autism, Hotez draws on his experiences as a pediatrician, vaccine scientist, and father of an autistic child. Outlining the arguments on both sides of the debate, he examines the science that refutes the concerns of the anti-vaccine movement, debunks current conspiracy theories alleging a cover-up by the CDC, and critiques the scientific community's failure to effectively communicate the facts about vaccines and autism to the general public, all while sharing his very personal story of raising a now-adult daughter with autism