4/18/25 - Friday Video Share: "Autism advocate on RFK Jr.’s promised autism study"

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RFK Jr. said some things about autism this week. Autistic folks have some thoughts ...

Autism advocate on RFK Jr.’s promised autism study

ABC News - April 16, 2025

Video Autism advocate on RFK Jr.’s promised autism study
Colin Killick, executive director of the Autism Self Advocacy Network, joins ABC News Live to discuss how HHS Secretary RFK Jr.’s comments about autistic people impact the community.

This is a good place to start if you want to understand why many autistic and other disabled people are so angry about RFK Jr.'s comments about autism at his press conference this week. I'll be sharing more articles and commentary about this on Monday.

Note: I couldn't figure out how to embed the video here. So you'll have to click for the ABC piece above and watch the video there.


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