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I know of at least one teenager who got shingles and who had the varicella vaccine, not the chicken pox disease. Then again, my brother is a rare one who got chicken pox twice as a kid. He had it when he was 2 and then again when I got it. The first one was very mild so the doctor said it might not have been bad enough for him to develop immunity. I think part of the logic of having all children getting the vaccine is to prevent them from giving it to a parent/teacher or other adult who did not have it as a child. I had my children vaccinated before it was necessary because their dad never had chicken pox and we didn't want to risk him getting it.
It's my understanding that you can get shingles any time that your immune system gets very stressed. My grandfather had shingles so bad that he had to have surgery to have the nerve deadened because he was in such pain for so long. Bad deal.
I worked with a lot of autistic children as an OT and was trained in sensory integration, which has been quite successful with some autistic children.
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