RFK Jr’s vile untruths about autism got just the responses they deserved – 17 devastating and totally on-point takedowns
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This is vile and not true. Vast majority of autistic people do all these things. In fact, a big part of the “increase” in autism rates is just better diagnosis of verbal, communicative autistic people who previously went unidentified.
RFK barely sees autistic people as human. https://t.co/xE44CSwg5T
— Matthew Chapman (@fawfulfan) April 16, 2025
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My 27-year-old son with autism didn’t ‘destroy our family’—he gave us purpose and unity… oh, and he pays taxes. https://t.co/r0cgdf718J
— Holly Robinson Peete ♍️ (@hollyrpeete) April 16, 2025
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This is disrespectful and a flat out lie that further stigmatizes autism. It’s not a virus or a disease – it’s a neurological condition with a wide spectrum. Many Americans with autism work, pay taxes, and are living happy and healthy lives. https://t.co/I2boJZYTkX
— Maxwell Alejandro Frost (@MaxwellFrostFL) April 17, 2025
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By 2026 you’re gonna be sent to that prison in El Salvador if you get too excited by a train https://t.co/VqwplJz6bh
— can we touch base next week? (@GarlicCorgi) April 16, 2025
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This is cruel, ableist rhetoric masquerading as concern.
RFK Jr. reduces children with disabilities to economic burdens and stripped humanity. Kids are more than productivity.
They’re not broken, they’re different. And they deserve dignity, not dismissal. This says more about…
— Evaristus Odinikaeze (@odinikaeze) April 16, 2025
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Imagine seeing this image four years ago. You would’ve wondered what tragedy befell our country where a scene like this could possibly happen. pic.twitter.com/STgN0iaFwM
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 16, 2025
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RFK Jr. is an awful human being. There’s a way to talk about autism without stripping autistic people of their humanity. Calling kids burdens who’ll never “contribute” isn’t policy, it’s ableist, dehumanizing trash. And no amount of faux concern makes it okay.
— The Optimized Path (@OptimizedPath) April 16, 2025
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Hard to say who’s the biggest scumbag in Trump’s circle, but this guy is in the running. https://t.co/AAoPQOD7Gg
— Jeet Heer (@HeerJeet) April 17, 2025
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That is NOT the reality for all autistic people. This kind of blanket statement is harmful, dehumanizing, and flat-out wrong.
— MetalMama Brittany (@MetalMama1987) April 16, 2025
And finally, this.
The people who’ll never hold a job, play baseball, write a poem, or go on a date are the kids dying of measles because they’re unvaccinated. https://t.co/Etc94MpQ7u
— Oonagh (@Okeating) April 16, 2025
Oh, America.
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