‘It becomes my whole job’: autism advocates fight RFK Jr’s barrage of misinformation
Advocates demand public health officials ‘listen to autistic voices’ after health secretary’s debunked vaccine claimsWhen the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) altered its website last month to reflect US health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr’s belief of a causal link between...
<p>Advocates demand public health officials ‘listen to autistic voices’ after health secretary’s debunked vaccine claims</p><p>When the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/21/rfk-jr-cdc-vaccine-autism"> altered its website last month</a> to reflect US health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr’s belief of a causal link between vaccines and autism – a claim that has been debunked by <a href="https://autismsciencefoundation.org/autism-and-vaccines-read-the-science/">dozens of scientific studies</a> – autism advocates sprang into action.</p><p>Leaders at the Association of University Centers on Disabilities demanded <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DRhrNQDkeou/?igsh=a3F2YWh0cXRudjNq">online</a> that public health officials “listen to autistic voices”.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/05/autism-robert-f-kennedy-jr">Continue reading...</a>
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