A leading national autism researcher refutes statements made by U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. regarding environmental factors being primarily to blame for a drastic increase in known national cases.
On Wednesday, Kennedy highlighted what he described as an "epidemic running rampant" of autism cases nationwide, following a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study released this week showing that autism prevalence has increased from 1 in 36 children to 1 in 31—4.8 times higher than in the first ADDM survey released 22 years ago, when prevalence was 1 in 150 children.
During his press conference, Kennedy partially blamed "epidemic denial" on mainstream media and claimed that more research and awareness of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is not indicative of the rise in rates.
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