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The measles outbreak keeps growing. Antivaxxers are causing illness and death. Can't say it too often: contrary to the lies of Trump and RFK Jr., vaccines don't cause autism. www.autismpolicyblog.com/2025/03/more...

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CDC is reportedly going to study the long-debunked vaccine-autism link by using a database that antivaxxers have often abused. According to a 2023 report from the Annenberg Public Policy Center, one egregious abuser is none other than Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. www.autismpolicyblog.com/2025/03/cdc-...

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Another measles victim has died. RFK Jr. continues to tout "alternative" treatments He has not retracted his lie that vaccines cause autism. www.autismpolicyblog.com/2025/03/rfk-...

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Trump is putting special education at risk. Watch to see if he follows the Project 2025 blueprint and turns IDEA into a block grant. That move would destroy legal protections for students with disabilities such as #autism. www.autismpolicyblog.com/2025/03/clos...

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"We're in the same boat with our trading partners. If one partner shoots a hole in the boat, does it make sense for the other one to shoot another hole in the boat? Some say, yes, and call that getting tough. Well, I call it stupid." -- Ronald Reagan presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/ra...

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In a speech full of blatant lies, Trump said there was nobody better than RFK Jr. to investigate autism. One of the "Disinformation Dozen," Kennedy has spread the toxic myth that vaccines cause it. www.autismpolicyblog.com/2025/03/trum...

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RFK Jr. isn't fooling anybody. He has failed to retract his lie that vaccines cause autism. And his spokesperson quit in protest. www.autismpolicyblog.com/2025/03/rfk-...

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Amid the measles outbreak, RFK Jr. told parents to consult health providers so they can "understand their options to get the MMR vaccine." He did not directly ask them to vaccinate their kids. And he did not retract his lie that vaccines cause #autism. www.autismpolicyblog.com/2025/03/rfk-...

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Sadly, Charles Lindbergh's 1941 testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Committee has a contemporary ring to it. (Rep. Luther Johnson of Texas wasn't buying it.)

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RFK Jr. spent the past two decades spreading the dangerous lie that vaccines cause #autism. He spent the past two weeks weakening the Department of Health and Human Services. Shame on Cassidy and the other senators who voted for him. autismpolicyblog.com/2025/03/rfk-...

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The Texas measles outbreak is just the start. Thanks to RFK Jr and the other antivaxxers, we will have a resurgence of other vaccine-preventable diseases. Don't believe their lies: vaccines don't cause #autism. www.autismpolicyblog.com/2025/03/meas...

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RFK Jr. has done nothing to address the dangerous measles outbreak. Contrary to his lies, vaccines don't cause autism. www.autismpolicyblog.com/2025/02/rfk-...

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Medicaid cuts will hurt people with disabilities such as autism. www.autismpolicyblog.com/2025/02/medi...

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The Texas measles outbreak keeps growing. RFK Jr should admit that he's been lying for years and acknowledge that vaccines don't cause #autism. www.autismpolicyblog.com/2025/02/the-...

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Trump despises people with disabilities and has a long history of using the r-word. (Lordy, there are tapes.) Musk uses it too, even though he identifies as #autistic. Shame on both of them. www.autismpolicyblog.com/2025/02/musk...

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If Trump were deliberately trying to harm people with disabilities such as #utism, he would not be doing things differently. www.autismpolicyblog.com/2025/02/trum...

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Among the victims of the Trump purge is a top autism researcher. www.thetransmitter.org/spectrum/aut...

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Autistic people sometimes have difficult interactions with first responders, school staff, and healthcare workers. Training and voluntary identification programs might help. www.autismpolicyblog.com/2025/02/auti...

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The Trump Education Department froze civil rights enforcement for students with disabilities such as autism. Trumpist attorneys general are suing to overturn the law that the Office for Civil Rights enforces: Sec. 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. www.autismpolicyblog.com/2025/02/atta...

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Measles cases are spreading. RFK Jr. needs to acknowledge that vaccines don't cause autism. If he sticks to his lies, vaccine refusal will keep rising and children will die. autismpolicyblog.com/2025/02/meas...

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Trump's attack on the Education Department is weakening special education enforcement and killing programs to help students with disabilities such as autism. @EricMGarcia reports. www.autismpolicyblog.com/2025/02/trum...

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Making a fool of Senator Cassidy, RFK Jr. vows to investigate the vaccine schedule Contrary to RFK Jr.'s lies, vaccines don't cause autism. www.autismpolicyblog.com/2025/02/rfk-...

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Trump's scheme to scrap US Department of Education would harm students with disabilities such as #autism. He doesn't care, because he despises people with disabilities. www.autismpolicyblog.com/2025/02/trum...

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Note a broad legal and political attack on students with disabilities such as #autism. #Project2025 would gut IDEA by turning it into a block grant. And 17 red states have filed a suit claiming the sec. 504 of the Rehabilitation Act is unconstitutional. www.autismpolicyblog.com/2025/02/atta...

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SCOTUS will hear a case -- AJT v. Osseo Area Schools -- that could hinder students seeking accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act. autism www.autismpolicyblog.com/2025/02/ajt-...

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Republicans want the "MAHA Commission" to study the already-debunked idea that vaccines cause #autism. With RFK Jr. in charge, expect it to use junk science. This nonsense will divert money from productive research and encourage vaccine refusal. www.autismpolicyblog.com/2025/02/maha...

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Linda McMahon testified that HHS could administer the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. SenatorHassan replied, "you're going to put special education in the hands of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr." A terrible day for #autistic students. www.autismpolicyblog.com/2025/02/a-ve...

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An important essay by my friend and colleague George Thomas. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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Measles cases are rising in the US. After RFK takes over HHS, they will rise much more. Contrary to his lies, vaccines don't cause autism. Vaccinate your children. www.autismpolicyblog.com/2025/02/meas...

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Autistic Self Advocacy Network: tell your senators to oppose RFK Jr ,and Linda McMahon. www.autismpolicyblog.com/2025/02/asan...

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Attention, JD Vance: In his annual report, Chief Justice Roberts wrote, "elected officials from across the political spectrum have raised the specter of open disregard for federal court rulings.These dangerous suggestions, however sporadic, must be soundly rejected." supremecourt.gov/publicinfo/y...

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RFK Jr. promised Sen. Cassidy he would not push an antivax agenda at HHS. He will likely break his word. Cassidy isn't stupid: he knows what Kennedy is like. He just needed a rationalization for surrendering to political pressure. @LATkarenkaplan www.autismpolicyblog.com/2025/02/rfks...

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On the endangered species list: Home and Community-Based Services for people with disabilities such as #autism. www.autismpolicyblog.com/2025/02/hcbs...

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Helena Bottemiller Evich writes that grant policy "can and should be debated, but all of these grants were the result of contracts the government already made with funds Congress already appropriated." foodfix.co/why-frozen-f...

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For decades, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act has protected autistic students. But it is a conditions-of-aid law, not a civil rights law. Cutting off federal funding is tantamount to scrapping the law and all its protections. lilyalta autismpolicyblog.com/2025/02/the-...

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Vladimir Putin reacts to news that the Trump administration is gutting the CIA and sending an unclassified email with the names of CIA employees. youtu.be/SzAJgI07CYk?...

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From a joint statement by disability organizations: "Perpetuating myths linking vaccines to #autism does a disservice to the Autism community by distracting from their pressing healthcare needs." www.autismpolicyblog.com/2025/02/auti...

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Trump says that getting "too many shots" causes #autism. He's dead wrong. www.autismpolicyblog.com/2025/02/too-...

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Trump's comments on the recent plane crash confirm something that's been obvious for years: he despises people with disabilities. See this statement from the Autistic Self Advocacy Network. www.autismpolicyblog.com/2025/02/trum...

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Some studies have suggested a link between a mother’s health condition during pregnancy and her child’s chance of #autism. A new study shows that most of these correlations are spurious. (And remember: vaccines DON'T cause autism.) www.autismpolicyblog.com/2025/02/stud...

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When RFK Jr. says he will renounce the notion that vaccines cause #autism "if you show me the studies," he means "I won't do it." He already knows about the studies. He just prefers to keep spreading lies. www.autismpolicyblog.com/2025/01/rfk-...

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RFK Jr's confirmation hearing revealed his ignorance and dishonesty. In a just world, it would result in his rejection by the Senate. But the GOP majority might still confirm him. Contrary to his lies, vaccines don't cause #autism. www.autismpolicyblog.com/2025/01/rfk-...

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HHS should support research on how to improve #autistic people's quality of life. #RFKJr would divert scarce research funds to propping up the dangerous lie that vaccines cause autism. He would be a disaster for autistic people -- and everybody else. www.autismpolicyblog.com/2025/01/rfk-...

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When a @kff.org survey asked about the dangerous myth that the MMR vaccine has been proven to cause #autism, 40% of GOP and GOP-leaning parents said it is "definitely" or "probably" true. Sad to see what has become of my former party. www.autismpolicyblog.com/2025/01/kff-...

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RFK Jr's confirmation hearings start this week. He has spread the lie that vaccines cause #autism, and nobody should believe his "confirmation conversion." He is a nut and a danger to public health. Shame on any senator who votes to confirm him. www.autismpolicyblog.com/2025/01/rfk-...

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Bill Gates thinks he would have an #autism diagnosis if he were growing up today. www.autismpolicyblog.com/2025/01/bill...

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Trump is scrapping a longstanding policy that has provided FAA employment opportunities for people with disabilities such as #autism. www.autismpolicyblog.com/2025/01/trum...

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"Detox" treatments for #autism are always bogus and often harmful. @AutismScienceFd @AHalladay212 autismpolicyblog.com/2025/01/detox-…

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@EDcivilrights reports: students with disabilities such as autism are disproportionately subject to restraint, seclusion, suspension, and referral to law enforcement. (Pro tip: download reports like this before the Trump gang takes them down.) www.autismpolicyblog.com/2025/01/civi...

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Many #autistic people depend on Medicaid. ProtectOurCare is launching a campaign to fight Medicaid cuts. www.autismpolicyblog.com/2025/01/prot...

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