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I Have a Child With Severe Autism. RFK Jr. Gets One Thing Right About It | Opinion

While I find Robert F. Kennedy's anti-vaccine views deeply troubling, I see just as much danger from those who ignore the existence of people with severe autism.

Austin American-Statesman on M… · 2d

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.

Axios on MSN · 21h

RFK Jr. autism data project stokes alarm over motives

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s push to collect troves of personal medical data to find the cause of autism has researchers and patient advocates questioning whether his plan to cast a wide net makes it easier to pick and choose information that supports certain theories — including the debunked idea that vaccines cause autism.

Psychology Today4dOpinion

The Plan to Find the Causes of Autism Is Doomed to Fail

Kennedy's autism plan overlooks scientific evidence. Only population-wide, longitudinal studies can reveal the complex roots ...

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RFK Jr calls autism an ‘epidemic’ and a tragedy. As an autistic journalist, I have some comments

RFK Jr calls autism an ‘epidemic’ and a tragedy. As an autistic journalist, I have some comments - ANALYSIS: ANALYSIS: Health ...

Science News5d

Autism rates rose again. Experts explain why

Autism rates are higher than ever before, probably because of more expansive and sensitive diagnoses. Those numbers highlight the need for more support for people with autism.

WPBF Channel 25 on MSN4h

Deputies identify father and son killed in Emerald Dunes sword attack, shooting

The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office said a 20-year-old autistic man fatally stabbed his father with a sword before being shot and killed by deputies.

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Study links gene-regulating brain circuit formation to autism and seizures

Previous research has linked mutations in neuropilin2 to neurological disorders like autism and epilepsy, but the mechanisms involved have remained largely unclear. In the current study ...

Glamour13d

For Lake Bell, Managing Seizures, Epilepsy, and Learning Differences Is Part of the Job

The actor and mom hopes to normalize the conversation about neurodivergency in her new book, “All About Brains.” ...

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