What RFK Jr. Doesn’t Understand About Disability

Autistic 4th Grader Goes Viral For Powerful Rebuke To RFK Jr.: 'I'm Not Broken'

A New Jersey fourth grader named Teddy has gone viral after rejecting Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s claim that people with autism are "broken," declaring he is anything but in a statement delivered in the public comment period at the Princeton Public Schools’ Board of Education meeting on April 29. Autism advocacy groups have criticized Kennedy for exploiting their community and reinforcing damaging stereotypes thr…

My autism is who I am — not a tragedy

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies in January at his Senate confirmation hearing for his nomination to be secretary of Health and Human Services. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)Recently, the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., made some of his most callous remarks to date about the autistic community. This is particularly offensive because April was Autism Acceptance Month. Among other things, he claimed that aut…

What RFK Jr. Doesn’t Understand About Disability

(Composite / Photos: GettyImages / Shutterstock)IF YOU’RE YOUNGER THAN ABOUT 60, you probably don’t know anyone who’s had measles, because almost everyone you know got their shots as a kid. The measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine has been widespread for decades. It’s a triumph of medicine: The United States, which once saw hundreds of thousands of measles infections a year, recently fell below two hundred a year. It was under control—effec…

Del Bigtree on Push for Vaccine Safety With RFK Jr. as Health Secretary - The Thinking Conservative

Del Bigtree understands the vitriol that RFK, Jr., faced during his presidential campaign and his confirmation process for secretary of HHS. The post Del Bigtree on Push for Vaccine Safety With RFK Jr. as Health Secretary appeared first on The Thinking Conservative.

Del Bigtree on Push for Vaccine Safety With RFK Jr. as Health Secretary

Anti-vaxxer. Spreader of misinformation. Dangerous. Del Bigtree understands the vitriol that Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., faced during his presidential campaign and his confirmation process for secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS). For years, Bigtree has had the same attacks directed at him. As partner behind the documentary “Vaxxed,” and founder of the Informed Consent Action Network, Bigtree is considered one of the nation’s most prominent …