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Today, Explained

No love (on the spectrum) for RFK Jr.

Today, Explained

Vox

Daily News, Politics, News

4.49.5K Ratings

🗓️ 1 May 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Love on the Spectrum stars James B. Jones and Dani Bowman say the HHS secretary’s planned autism studies are making things worse for people with autism. This episode was produced by Avishay Artsy and Gabrielle Berbey, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd and Andrea Kristinsdottir, and hosted by Noel King. Listen to Today, Explained ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members. Transcript at vox.com/today-explained-podcast. Photo of "Love on the Spectrum" castmember Dani Bowman by Charley Gallay/Getty Images for Netflix. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. believes autism is preventable. He believes

0:06.8

science can find the root cause, and he believes the root cause is something in our environment.

0:12.4

Here he is at a press conference last month. This is coming from an environmental toxin,

0:16.6

and somebody made a profit by putting that environmental toxin into our air, our water, our medicines, our food.

0:24.3

Right now, the science suggests there may be environmental factors, among other things, at the root of autism.

0:30.2

But it was RFK's description of autistic people that stoked outrage.

0:34.3

This is the same press conference.

0:35.3

These are kids who will never pay taxes.

0:39.7

They'll never hold a job.

0:41.9

I'll never play baseball.

0:44.4

They'll never write a poem.

0:46.3

They'll never go out on a date.

0:47.7

On today, explained, what RFK gets wrong, according to science, and according to some people

0:53.7

who did date and who found love on the

0:56.7

spectrum.

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