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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/rfk-jr-trump-autism-research-b2814520.html
President Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. got things rolling on a marathon three-hour-plus Cabinet meeting Tuesday by appearing to fearmonger about autism — before the Health and Human Services secretary vowed to find a cause of what he characterized as an “epidemic” by September.
The grandstanding came even as HHS data sheets show that the Trump administration has actually cut grants to researchers focused on autism.
“I don't want to go too long, because we have a lot of people, but the autism is such a tremendous horror show,” Trump said to Kennedy, who he has tasked with reviewing the cause of the “epidemic.” During an April Cabinet meeting, Kennedy had also said he would “know what has caused the autism epidemic” by September.
Most researchers, including those at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which falls under HHS, agree that autism diagnoses have increased because of broadened diagnostic criteria and an improved availability of diagnoses for autism spectrum disorder.
President Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. got things rolling on a marathon three-hour-plus Cabinet meeting Tuesday by appearing to fearmonger about autism — before the Health and Human Services secretary vowed to find a cause of what he characterized as an “epidemic” by September.
The grandstanding came even as HHS data sheets show that the Trump administration has actually cut grants to researchers focused on autism.
“I don't want to go too long, because we have a lot of people, but the autism is such a tremendous horror show,” Trump said to Kennedy, who he has tasked with reviewing the cause of the “epidemic.” During an April Cabinet meeting, Kennedy had also said he would “know what has caused the autism epidemic” by September.
Most researchers, including those at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which falls under HHS, agree that autism diagnoses have increased because of broadened diagnostic criteria and an improved availability of diagnoses for autism spectrum disorder.
