[2016 Jan] WA mum's fundraiser to avert homelessness highlights vaccine scheme concern  Ben Hammond, then a full-time mine site supervisor, received a whooping cough vaccination in 2012, told he needed one to see his baby son James, born eight weeks premature.  He began to feel ill two days later, his wife Tanya said, and twelve days after the vaccination his mother-in-law found him paralysed on the kitchen floor and called an ambulance....He was diagnosed with Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis...He was eventually taught to walk again and can travel a few metres at a time unassisted despite never regaining feeling below the chest.  His bladder and bowels are not functional and his liver and kidney have minimal function. He can no longer sweat and so cannot regulate his body temperature, and his immune system is virtually nonexistent. These factors have rendered him housebound.  Tanya, previously a restaurant manager, is now a full-time carer for her husband of 10 years, James and her four older children...."He is declining rapidly," Mrs Hammond said.

[2011 July] $61 Million Dollar Settlement for a Child Injured by a Vaccine  hours after the baby received a routine diphtheria, tetanus and acellular pertussis (DTaP) vaccination, she started to have seizures, abnormal breathing, irregular heartbeats, and at 6:05am the next morning, her heart stopped completely. It took 6 minutes of CPR to revive her. She has spent that last 6 years of her life suffering from cognitive delays, cerebral palsy, encephalopathy, and seizure disorder. The family's attorneys say the $61 million dollar award will pay for the child's around the clock medical care for the rest of her life.

[2011 Aug] Living with Dravet Syndrome (includes video) - "Dravet Syndrome is cause from a mutation in the SCN1A gene.  Hannah received the Diphtheria Tetanus & Pertussis vaccine or DTaP for short when she was four months old. It was after the shot that she began to seize. 'Three to four hours later she had a seizure,' said Tyson.  'Then another three to four hours later she had another one.  They said it was related to the vaccination.  She had an allergic reaction.'"