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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Eric Garcia

I was lucky to be diagnosed with autism before RFK Jr.’s claims. These families will face far more fear and stigma

Even before the 2024 presidential election, Claude Willan and his family feared that Donald Trump would return to the White House. Particularly, it made them worry for their boys, both of whom have a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder.

In July, he got a job at Durham University in the United Kingdom and his family emigrated. And that came before Trump nominated Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who had spent years promoting the idea that vaccines cause autism, to be his secretary of Health and Human Services.

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