Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy set the tone back in April when he announced the Trump administration’s plan to find the cause of autism. He declared that “autism destroys families.” He described children “who will never hold a job, they’ll never play baseball, they’ll never write a poem, they’ll never go out on a date.”

On Monday, President Donald Trump carried that message forward, calling autism a “horrible, horrible crisis” and suggesting — without evidence — that Tylenol could be the cause and that leucovorin, a type of folic acid, might be a treatment.

Their words left many in the autism community stunned. They’d come expecting answers and action. Instead they were offered suspect causes and unproven cures. They were reminded of a past filled with blame and judgment.

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