He is standing in his living room, holding the news microphone in his litle hands. Looking into the camera with his wide blue eyes he says, "And make sure to do your homework."

And then he is off, leading us on a tour of his six year old kingdom.

It's been more than four years since Ben Hicks was diagnosed with Autism. In those four years he has made tremendous strides.

Mother Michele Hicks says, "For me personally I believe Ben's(autism) had nothing to do with vaccines, that he was born with Autism."

But Hicks says she knows other families whose children have been injured by vaccines.

"I can personally think of one family that I know of that I think he was typically developing and had the mmr shot and was gone, degraded."

Doctor Andrew Wakefield's 1998 study was groundbreaking in that it was the first to suggest a possible link between the mmr vaccine and Autism. And even though it's been retracted, Hicks says it's unlikely to change the minds of parents convinced vaccines harmed their children.

The CDC released a statement today saying, "Lancet's retraction of Dr. Wakefield's study is significant. It builds on the overwhelming body of research by the world's leading scientists that concludes there is no link between MMR vaccine and autism. We want to remind parents that vaccines are very safe and effective and they save lives."