Trump Shared His “Answer To Autism,” And The Internet Is Absolutely Flaming Him Over It
Not sure how this helps any autistic person…
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Over the weekend, President Trump announced that he would be sharing “an answer to autism” as part of his remarks at Charlie Kirk’s memorial.
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Then, in a news conference on Monday, Trump boosted unproven ideas about childhood vaccines and acetaminophen (which he struggled to pronounce) taken during pregnancy causing autism. He urged pregnant people in particular to avoid taking Tylenol, a brand-name version of acetaminophen.
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Naturally, people online had a lot to say about this announcement.
Many people are questioning the timeline, since acetaminophen wasn’t available as an over-the-counter pain med until the 1950s, and the first widely recognized autism diagnosis took place in 1943.
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And there’s another issue with the timeline here. Rates of autism began to rise in the 1990s, decades after Tylenol use became commonplace.
Others are concerned about the ramifications this announcement could have for pregnant people’s health and comfort.
Plus, people are pointing out that there are actual threats to kids’ health that could use some serious attention from the government.
And it seems like Tylenol might have the grounds for a pretty big defamation case.
People are also making some jokes about the whole thing, because if we don’t laugh, we’ll cry.
Like this person, who’s finally going to get to the bottom of this:
I suspect this autism announcement graphic will be put to good use in days to come:
It’s very versatile:
Maybe this is what he was saying all along:
Gonna fly this flag outside my house:
In conclusion, autistic people deserve love, respect, and understanding, not whatever the heck that announcement was.