Listen in as Robin, Angela and Abby discuss the recent  wildly inaccurate, incendiary and harmful statements from US Health and Human Services (HHS) Director, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. about people with Autism.

Click here to review the growing list of disability advocacy organizations that responded to his comments.

The Autism Society summary of group statement

Signatory Organizations:

Autistic Self Advocacy Network, Colin Killick, Executive Director

Autism Society of America, Christopher Banks, President and CEO

Autism Speaks, Keith Wargo, President and CEO

The Arc of the United States, Katy Neas, Chief Executive Officer

Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network, Sharon daVanport, Executive Director

Autistic People of Color Fund, Ly Xīnzhèn Zhǎngsūn Brown, Founding Executive Director

Autism Empowerment, Karen Krejcha, Co-Founder, Executive Director

Dan Marino Foundation, Mary Partin, CEO

Pivot Neurodiversity

Association for Autism and Neurodiversity

Organization for Autism Research

Els for Autism

Autistic Doctors International

Hussman Institute for Autism

Milestones Autism Resources

Easterseals, Inc.

Autistic Women’s Alliance

National Council on Severe Autism interview with NPR

Fact Checking RFK's statements - PBS article

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