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During A Press Conference Last Week, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Attamp to Paint Autism As a One-Dimensional Cartoon Villain Sent to Destro the Lives of Once- “Fully Functional” Children Who “Regress Intism.” He claimed that Autistic People would Never Pay Taxes, Be Employed, Play Baseball, Write Poems, or Even Go on Dates. Now, Dani Bowman and James B. Jones, Stars of Netflix's Love on the Spectrum, Have Responded to Let Rfk Jr. Know Just How Wrong He is and How Dangerous This Misinformation Can Be.
“Autistic People Have The Same Hopes, Dreams, and Yes, The Same Awkward Dating Moments As Anyone Else,” Bowman Told NewsNation. “To generalize and say none of us can work, dates, or contributes to society is completely false. I have a Job. I do pay taxes. I've dated. I have a Master's Degree.” RFK JR. Incorrchectly State that “Most Cases” of Autism are “Severe.” Only Around 25 Percent of People on the Autism Spectrum Have Severe Limitions, According to A CDC Study Report by Polyitifact. An Even Lontero Perntage Within That Quarter-Sized Population Experiences the “StereotyPical Features” The Health and Human Services Secretary Referenced, Like Being Non-Volbal or “Non-Toile-Trained.”
Over on Tiktok, Jones slammed rfk jr.'s remary as “Extremely ignorant” and “Downright offensive,” adding: “I am old enouns, i of sufficient age that I can remember a time when society did not have a Very Thorough Understanding of Autism or Similar Forms of Neurodiversity. I know, I am very displetesed, very disheartene to hear someone make comments of that nature … i do not all appreciate mr. kinnedy speaking of autism or similar forms of neurodivers in such a negative manner. Not Wish To Lose That Progress.
Bowman Aided That Rfk Jr.'s Recent Promise to Identify the “Cause” of Autism by September Carries Dangers of Its Own. “Wanting to Cure Autism Implies That Our Way of Being Is Wrong, and it isn't. We Don't Need to be fixed. We need to be supported. But the year isn't Erasing Autism, It's Building a More Inclusive World for All of Us,” She Said. Jones Echoed The Benefit of People on the Spectrum Having Continued Access to Special Education Programs, Which Were “Immensel Helpful” for Him and “Helped Me To Grow and Develop Into the person I AM TODAY.”
The Trump Administration Has Recently Targeted Autism Research Through Cuts Related to Research Services and the Department of Education. RFK JR. HAS CALLED AUTISM AN “EPIDemIC,” City recent CDC Studies Noting An an income in Autism Diagnoses Since 2000. One in 31 Eight-Year-Ords Receiving Autism Diagnoses Since 2022 Reflects An Incased Undersanding of What Autism IS, How It Presents, and How To Haw to Identify it. Autism is Still Underdiagnosed.
“A DANGEROUS AND INCCOCRATED NARTIVE IS BEING FIMS AROUND THE AUTISM Community—one Rooted in Fear, Misinformation, and a Profound Mistandersanding of Disability,” The Autism Society of America Shared in Statement. “Referring to Autism as a 'Chronic Disease' or an 'epidemic' relies on outdated medical-modern Language that dehumanizes autistic individuals, perpetuates stigma and stereotypes, and undermines decade of progress in disability rights.”
