The HHS secretary’s statements about the prevalence of autism and its causes contradict current scientific consensus.

Autism researchers are facing massive cuts to federal funding, misinformation about the condition they study and worrisome ...

RFK Jr’s focus on autism sparks fear among autistic people, who say they are being dehumanized and seen as not valued members ...

The 9-year-old moved some school board members to tears with his moving speech refuting Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s recent claims ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s plan to create a national autism database was met with doubt online as users questioned if those ...

The health secretary's reported plan to create a registry to track Americans with autism has been met with backlash.

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 acce ...

Kennedy referred to autism as a “preventable disease” and claimed environmental factors, rather than genetic predispositions, are the primary cause.

RFK Jr.’s ignorance about autism is bad. Republicans’ Medicaid cuts are worse. April 2025 was the weirdest Autism Awareness ...

The study he hopes to conduct within a year is unlikely to refute the strong existing evidence against his ideas.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s words that “autism destroys families” concern me deeply as parent ...