His horrendous, contemptuous attitude toward autistic children and adults--his willful ignorance and near eugenics-level approach to people with conditions, illnesses, and disabilities shock the damned hell out of me. Especially so, given the late Eunice Shriver Kennedy's work for disabled people with Special Olympics.

But, I'm guessing a bigger influence (beyond his neurocysticercosis- and methyl mercury-addled brain ideology) is Trump's own sadistic attitudes-- completely evidenced by the story of his attempts to cut off agreed-upon medical care from a Trump Sr. Trust set up for the son of Donald's nephew--who is severely disabled since birth and nonverbal. This is the now 25-year-old son of Fred Trump III (Mary's brother).

How many steps from where we are now to the NAZI medical approach, including "ridding" society of the sick and disabled and experimenting on others involuntarily...?

And no, for those who think I engage in hyperbole, I do not believe he is serious about $$ help to families of autistic children. Someone has pointed out how horrific his earlier ignorant comments (perhaps even his own wife) and he's flailingly trying to respond. Under Trump, unless RFK Jr is truly a nonthinking mass of protoplasm, he HAS to know that these kids will not even get educational assistance, given the destruction of the Department of Education and its aid to such children. Nor will they get the medical care they (and other children) will need.

I think his ignorance either promotes or will passively allow for an eugenic approach to those with disabilities. And THAT truly IS a Nazi approach. He will do NOTHING to combat the Stephen Millers and other actively psychopathic figures in the administration, but rather enable them, actively or passively, through his ignorance.

May the families of these children and all others who CARE, be aware, wary, and active against these monsters. Do not believe their pandering comments. Believe what they say when the heat is NOT on them--and what they have already shown they are willing to DO!

spread pseudo-science for profit and political theater are ignorant, deadly dangerous POS.

And yet they were allowed in by both parties

Kennedy had 10% of the vote in the primary in some states and Trump needed that 10%. Children’s Health Defence which Kennedy ran for 8 yrs has millions of moms with autistic kids so he has a huge following. On X- the moms of severely autistic kids post a lot.

“People want to gaslight us into believing this is a “gift”. This is the reality of many parents in the US with severe autistic children. A teen of his size can easily kill her. What happens to him when she dies? Who’s going to look after these children?

Link to tweet

take a shot to be cured either. If I was to be able to take a shot and be cured of my life that I have managed for over 77 years to navigate and become a different person (which I would). Ain't no way Jose.

come from Bob?

They are vaccinated.

With his River Keepers - moms of autistic kids who believed the mercury in vaccines & teeth at that time might be contributing to their kids autism started contacting him and wanted him to look into the mercury in vaccines. In 2007, the World Mercury Party was started to address concerns- that Party turned e intoChildren’s Health Defense and soon was mostly made up of moms of kids with severe autism - He was chairman of CHD for 8 yrs. CHD has millions of moms of autistic kids as members which is how Kennedy was able to get 10% in many states while running in the primary. CHD moms put out many podcasts on social media and have a bus that travels the US talking with moms of autistic kids all over the US.

He said some of his kids have bad allergies and that kids allergies are also increasing. He said he never really knew much about autism - but because of his work cleaning up mercury in rivers - the moms came to his door and said they would not leave until he agreed to look into mercury in their kids.

No.

entirely: feel assistance to those in need?

I'll admit I'm ignorant about all of it.

I don’t know what the income cutoff level is. Maybe he can raise the cutoff. Many severely autistic kids have to move to group homes as they get older because their acting out has often injured their siblings and others. I don’t know who pays for their care in these homes.