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Kennedy Claimed Autism ‘Destroys’ Lives. Autistic People Disagree.
“Autism doesn’t destroy families. It’s the ableism that does,” said Tyla Grant, who was diagnosed with autism at 17. She ...
RFK Jr. calls autism worse than Covid because the virus ‘killed old people’
Autism is a bigger scourge than Covid-19 was because the latter “killed old people,” Health and Human Services Secretary ...
RFK Jr. Says Autism Rates Have Bigger Impact Than COVID ‘Because COVID Killed Old People’
It dwarfs the COVID epidemic,” the secretary of health and human services said during an April 20 radio appearance ...
New FDA chief offers support for Kennedy on autism claims, says no more ‘mass cuts’ planned
US Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary suggested in a new interview that autism is caused by a range ...
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Kennedy’s Comments About ASD Draw Backlash
Autism advocates are pushing back after U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said that kids on ...
RFK Jr. calls autism an epidemic: It ‘dwarfs COVID’
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., in a new interview, said autism was an epidemic with an impact ...
Kennedy Calls Autism ‘Preventable,’ Drawing Ire From Researchers
The health secretary said he would prioritize studies into environmental causes while harshly discounting other factors ...
Kennedy promises exhaustive studies to identify any environmental factors that may cause autism
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. warns children in the U.S. are being diagnosed with autism at an “alarming rate.” ...
Autism community sounds alarms over ‘harmful’ RFK Jr. comments
Members of the autism community are pushing back against Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s pledge ...
In first news conference as HHS secretary, Kennedy says autism is an epidemic in the US
In his first news conference as secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said ...