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MineralMan

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4. And millions are not.

Reply to womanofthehills (Reply #3)

Sat Apr 19, 2025, 12:34 PM

Apr 19

Autism is a challenge. No question about that. It is not always destructive, however. It can be managed in most cases. Down Syndrome is also a challenge. And yet, families deal with it every day, while loving their Down Syndrome child.

RFK, Jr. spoke in generalities. He was wrong to do so.

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RFK Jr. proves he knows nothing about autism [View all] ihaveaquestion Apr 19 OP

That was great! Thanks nt spooky3 Apr 19 #1

I disagree - it's a spectrum and thousand is kids are on the bottom womanofthehills Apr 19 #6

As someone with a relative with autism, I'm aware of that. spooky3 Apr 19 #7

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Just one example of the many things about which he knows nothing. MineralMan Apr 19 #2

Thousands of kids with autism are non verbal womanofthehills Apr 19 #3

And millions are not. MineralMan Apr 19 #4

That may be true, but Kennedy sounds like they should just die. alarimer Apr 19 #5

But Kennedy didn't say "some people with autism." He spooky3 Apr 19 #8

the word epidemic in the text into for that video Kali Apr 19 #9

RFK Jr. is an utterly worthless piece of shit. dalton99a Apr 19 #10

There is now a huge community of moms with severely autistic kids womanofthehills Apr 19 #12

The point is that autism is a *spectrum.* ShazzieB Apr 19 #13