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During a press conference last week, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. attempted to paint autism as a one-dimensional cartoon villain sent to destroy the lives of once-“fully functional” children who “regressed into autism.” He claimed that autistic people would never pay taxes, be employed, play baseball, write poems, or even go …

When Abbey Romeo, 25, was little, her favorite Disney princess was Ariel from The Little Mermaid. “She’s a mermaid who wanted to be with the humans, just like how I wanted to be with neurotypical people,” she says. “And when she finally became human, she couldn’t talk. She felt isolated …