Plenty of autistic people pay taxes, hold a job, play sports, go on dates. Just look at elon."Autism destroys families, and more importantly, it destroys our greatest resource, which is our children. These are children who should not be suffering like this," he said. “These are kids who will never pay taxes. They'll never hold a job. They'll never play baseball. They'll never write a poem. They'll never go out on a date. Many of them will never use a toilet unassisted."
My Son Is Not an Epidemic: A Father Responds to RFK Jr.’s Dangerous Autism Rhetoric
April is Autism Awareness Month!This isn’t merely misinformation. It’s an entire new level of fear-mongering. It’s the 21st-century version of a con artist in a lab coat — smooth talk, false promises and no science.
Let me tell you what autism actually looks like.
It looks like Noah sitting cross-legged on the floor, reciting the names of every planet in our solar system — backward — because that’s more fun for him. It looks like him sketching out elaborate mazes in his notebook, inventing characters with their own stories and voices. It’s imitating his favorite episodes of “Spongebob Squarepants” and editing together videos on his tablet device that would make Thelma Schoonmaker a little bit jealous. It looks like joy, struggle, growth and humanity.
And it looks like the extraordinary autistic adults I’ve come to meet, know and admire thanks to series such as Netflix’s “Love on the Spectrum,” which offers what Kennedy clearly lacks: respect and understanding.
