Examine why Robert F. Kennedy Jr., as Secretary of Health and Human Services, is so focused on autism — including his announcement that he’d ‘reveal’ its cause. We’ll share the real reasons for the rise in diagnosis rates, cover Kennedy’s history of spreading disproven vaccine-autism disinformation, and discuss why autism advocates worry his mission will do more harm than good.
It feels like every day there’s a new outrageous headline, but it’s not always clear why these things are happening. In this series of short, shareable podcast episodes, we ask… “Okay, But Why?”