BALTIMORE —

A recent update to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's website has raised concerns among Baltimore's medical community and families with children diagnosed with autism, as it questions whether vaccines cause autism .

A bullet point on the CDC's website now states that "vaccines do not cause autism is not an evidence-based claim."

Taya Dunn Johnson, whose 16-year-old son has autism, shared her experience with the diagnosis and walking other families through the process.

"It's a very confusing diagnosis when a family first receives it," Johnson said.

She noted that the CDC's update and other recent announcements regarding autism are leading to numerous inquiries to the Autism Society of Baltimore Chesapeake.

"It starts to make parents second guess themselves,

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