When Mona, a mother in her thirties who lives in New Jersey, was pregnant, she had a fever which she treated with Tylenol. Six years later, her daughter was diagnosed with autism. According to President Trump, these two events just might be directly related. In a White House press conference …
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President Donald Trump feels he is qualified to tell American women that if they take Tylenol during pregnancy they might give their children autism. The declaration came during a joint press event on Monday. Trump — flanked by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Administrator for …
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To assist him in his quest to determine the cause —or causes — of autism by September, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his hand-picked researchers will have access to a so-called “disease registry” of autistic people, National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Jay Bhattacharya announced …
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A former top federal vaccine official spoke on the danger of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. giving “false hope” to people as the Health and Human Services secretary recently promised to identify the “cause” of autism by September. “There are people, probably, who are hearing me now who know that I …
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Bella Ramsey learned she had autism while filming the first season of HBO‘s The Last of Us. In an interview with British Vogue, the actress shared that a crewmember with an autistic daughter prompted her to get a psychiatric evaluation. “I’ve spoken a bit about neurodivergence before, but I always …
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If you’re following Netflix’s Love on the Spectrum, you were likely charmed by Abbey and David’s kiss on an African Safari hilltop or beamed as Tanner and a timid Kate shared a broken umbrella in the rain. Early watchers of the show, like Michelle Ivey, said the dating series had …
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