Children with autism get day in court
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070611/ap_on_he_me/autism_vaccines"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20070610/i/r1765702914.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=CLLk8TRz31i9gCw8SC_XEg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A child looks as a paramedic injects measles vaccine into her arm at Playen district in Gunung Kidul, near the earthquake-hit Indonesian city of Yogyakarta, June 7, 2006. A special court that will pit scientists against activists in the debate over whether vaccines have caused autism in many children begins hearings on Monday with the first test case, involving a 12-year-old Arizona girl. REUTERS/Beawiharta" border="0" /></a>AP - The parents of 12-year-old Michelle Cedillo asked a federal court Monday to find that their child's autism was caused by common childhood vaccines, a precedent-setting case that could pave the way for thousands of autistic children to receive compensation from a government fund set up to help people injured by the shots.</p><br clear="all"/>

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