'We've regressed so horribly': Autism groups respond to Trump administration's Tylenol claims

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2. Like with the Epstein horror & need to focus on victims, let's be sure to give the Autism community

their say:
From the article:

The Trump administration announced on Monday, Sept. 22, that it had found the "answer to autism" - a claim experts, advocacy groups and the autism community are calling dangerous and regressive.
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The oversimplification of a complex developmental difference that exists on a spectrum of many different abilities and experiences is dehumanizing at best and dangerous at its worst, autism experts, advocacy groups and members of the community told USA TODAY.

"The claim that Tylenol causes autism has been shown to be false by actual scientific research ... Autism is a very complex neurodevelopmental condition," said Dr. Sara Rodrigues, Executive Director of Balanced Learning Center, a nonprofit providing services, coaching, advocacy and therapy for autistic and neurodivergent people. "Genetics are known to play a very large role and environmental factors are believed to interact with genetic predispositions. Omitting that complexity misleads policy, funding, and medical care."

"The announcement is an incorrect reading of data," said Noor Pervez, Community Engagement Manager at the Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN). "The way that RFK Jr. speaks about autism is actively dehumanizing, and it promotes stigma against autistic people."