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U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. attracted notice — and in some quarters, outrage — for remarks about autism, a topic he’s clashed with scientists on for years.

He attempted to clarify that he wasn’t referring to all people with diagnosed with autism, but only to those who are “nonverbal”, unable to communicate with speech.

He used the opportunity to spread falsehoods. Kennedy claimed that “studying genetic causes” of autism is a “dead end.” That’s because “we know it’s environmental exposure.

One of the more audacious promises within Kennedy's speech was a September goal to identify environmental toxins he purported were the cause of the rising rates of autism. "Our viewpoint ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – Following the Braun administration’s actions limiting access to a popular autism therapy, advocacy groups will gather at the Indiana statehouse Monday. “We’re ...

Many of them will never use a toilet unassisted.” To start with, as someone who has spent considerable time reporting on autism and having the honor to get to know brilliant and talented ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the know-nothing quack Republicans put in charge of America’s health, stood behind a podium bearing the seal of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on April 16 and ...

By Maggie Astor Azeen Ghorayshi and Dani Blum Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s remarks this week that autism “destroys” children have prompted outrage among many autistic people, who said they had ...