‘It becomes my whole job’: autism advocates fight RFK Jr’s barrage of misinformation

Advocates demand public health officials listen to autistic voices' after health secretary's debunked vaccine claims

When the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) altered its website last month to reflect US health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr's belief of a causal link between vaccines and autism - a claim that has been debunked by dozens of scientific studies - autism advocates sprang into action.

Leaders at the Association of University Centers on Disabilities demanded online that public health officials listen to autistic voices".