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CNN on MSN · 16h

Many in the autism community say RFK Jr. is pushing harmful and regressive rhetoric about who they are

These are kids who will never pay taxes. They’ll never hold a job. They’ll never play baseball. They’ll never write a poem. They’ll never go out on a date. Many of them will never use a toilet unassisted,

PolitiFact · 15h

RFK Jr.’s statements about autism and environmental toxins conflict with ample research

Eric Fombonne, an Oregon Health & Science University professor emeritus of psychiatry, said he doesn’t know how researchers would begin to investigate the "environmental toxins" Kennedy mentioned, because doing so requires observing a cluster of cases appearing in a population in a certain time period or within a geographic location.

RFK Jr.'s autism study to amass medical records of many Americans

The autism study is planning to link confidential data "with broad coverage in the U.S. population" in one place for the first time.

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'Disgusting': Strong reaction in Central Mass. to RFK Jr. comments about autism

Autism numbers in the U.S. are on the upswing, with 1 in 31 8-year-olds (3.2%) diagnosed in 2022. In 2000, the ratio was 1 in ...

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. September Autism Deadline Not 'Likely': Researcher

"To organize a large-scale U.S. effort on behalf of autism and autism epidemiology will take a lot of time," researcher ...

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RFK Jr. calls autism an ‘epidemic.’ That’s not how Rochester-area advocates, providers see it

Those who work with children with autism say the recent increase in diagnoses comes from better screening for — and wider ...

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RFK Jr. exaggerated the severity of autism in remarks about rising diagnoses

In more recent decades, the diagnostic criteria for autism have broadened, producing a spectrum ranging from severe impacts ...

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'Love on the Spectrum' star from MA, James B. Jones, responds to RFK Jr.'s autism comments

A Massachusetts resident who stars on Netflix's "Love on the Spectrum" is clapping back at comments that Health and Human ...

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Fake video shows RFK Jr. saying, 'Kids are gayer than ever and they're fat, repulsively fat'

In April 2025, online users discussed a video purportedly showing U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy ...

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NIH promises major autism updates ‘within next year’ despite RFK Jr.’s September goal

The NIH study will seek to identify what external environmental factors could be helping to drive rising autism rates.

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Fact-checker: Examining RFK Jr.’s claims about measles, autism, and obesity as the head of Health and Human Services

In just two months as the federal health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has made sweeping changes to the Department of ...

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