Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. (RFK Jr.) is well-known for being an anti-vaxxer. He is less well-known for being hostile to autistic people, but experts agree on one thing: The views that RFK Jr. espouses cause significant harm to real-life autistic individuals.
Autistic people have been victimized by RFK Jr. for decades. By spreading anti-vaccine misinformation — and specifically inaccurately insisting that vaccines cause autism — RFK Jr. has spread dangerous prejudices against autistic people. These assumptions have harmed them in the past and continue to harm them in the present.
