RFK Jr. Completely Shatters the Media’s Favorite Lie About Autism
They say autism is rising because of “better diagnosis”—but RFK Jr. just blew that narrative wide open.
He brought the hard data and dropped one stunning truth that nobody can explain.
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They say autism is rising because of “better diagnosis”—but RFK Jr. just blew that narrative wide open.
He brought the hard data and dropped one stunning truth that nobody can explain.
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📍Before we dive in, do yourself a favor and bookmark the post above—you’ll want these receipts locked and loaded the next time someone tries to gaslight you about autism.
Now, let’s roll the clips…
Now, let’s roll the clips…
It started with a bombshell reveal from Kennedy’s own childhood.
Hannity asked:
“What was the number when you were a kid—and what do you think is going on?”
Kennedy replied:
“There’s really good data on that.”
He pointed to one of the largest studies ever conducted—900,000 children in Wisconsin, published in a top-tier medical journal.
“It looked at 900,000 kids. It was published in a high gravitas journal, peer-reviewed study, and they found the rate to be .7 out of 10,000.”
That’s less than 1 in 10,000.
Today? It’s around 1 in 36.
Let that sink in.
Hannity asked:
“What was the number when you were a kid—and what do you think is going on?”
Kennedy replied:
“There’s really good data on that.”
He pointed to one of the largest studies ever conducted—900,000 children in Wisconsin, published in a top-tier medical journal.
“It looked at 900,000 kids. It was published in a high gravitas journal, peer-reviewed study, and they found the rate to be .7 out of 10,000.”
That’s less than 1 in 10,000.
Today? It’s around 1 in 36.
Let that sink in.
That's when Kennedy sounded the alarm on what’s happening now—and why it’s so catastrophic.
He said the rise isn’t just in frequency—it’s in severity.
“Two years ago it was 1 in 36. The CDC data we released this week, shows 1 in 31.”
California is seeing the worst of it.
“The worst state is California, which actually has the best collection methodologies. So they actually, probably reflect what we're seeing nationwide.”
“In California, it’s 1 in every 20 kids, and 1 in every 12.5 boys.”
Even worse, he said the numbers are likely underreported in minority communities:
“If you look at the minority numbers which we don't do very well, it’s much worse.”
And for many kids, the symptoms are devastating:
“About 25% of the population of that——kids with autism, about 25% of them are nonverbal, non toilet trained.”
“They have all of these stereotypical behaviors, the head banging, biting, toe walking, stimming, and that population is growing higher and higher.”
“It’s becoming a larger percentage, so we're seeing much much more——many more cases that are now linked to severe intellectual disability.”
He says it’s a glaring red warning sign——and it’s past time to start acting on it.
He said the rise isn’t just in frequency—it’s in severity.
“Two years ago it was 1 in 36. The CDC data we released this week, shows 1 in 31.”
California is seeing the worst of it.
“The worst state is California, which actually has the best collection methodologies. So they actually, probably reflect what we're seeing nationwide.”
“In California, it’s 1 in every 20 kids, and 1 in every 12.5 boys.”
Even worse, he said the numbers are likely underreported in minority communities:
“If you look at the minority numbers which we don't do very well, it’s much worse.”
And for many kids, the symptoms are devastating:
“About 25% of the population of that——kids with autism, about 25% of them are nonverbal, non toilet trained.”
“They have all of these stereotypical behaviors, the head banging, biting, toe walking, stimming, and that population is growing higher and higher.”
“It’s becoming a larger percentage, so we're seeing much much more——many more cases that are now linked to severe intellectual disability.”
He says it’s a glaring red warning sign——and it’s past time to start acting on it.
And this was the moment that Kennedy took a flamethrower to the media narrative about autism.
He shattered the core excuse we’ve all been fed.
That this epidemic isn’t real—it’s just a change in how we count it.
He’s not buying it.
“The media has bought into this industry canard, this mythology, that we're just seeing more autism because we're noticing it more. We're better at recognizing it or there's been changing diagnostic criteria.”
But the scientific literature, he said, says otherwise.
“There is study after study in the scientific literature going back and they decided that the literature going back says decades that says that's not true.”
Then he cited a major investigation by California’s own lawmakers.
“In fact California legislature in 2013 asked the Mind Institute at UC Davis to look exactly at that topic. They said is it real or are we just noticing it more? The Mind Institute came back and said absolutely this is a real epidemic. This is something we've never seen before.”
And he made it painfully clear:
“Anybody with common sense, Sean, would notice that, because the autism——this epidemic is only happening in our children. It's not happening in people who are our age. And if it was better recognition, you'd see it in 70-year-old men.”
But we don’t.
He shattered the core excuse we’ve all been fed.
That this epidemic isn’t real—it’s just a change in how we count it.
He’s not buying it.
“The media has bought into this industry canard, this mythology, that we're just seeing more autism because we're noticing it more. We're better at recognizing it or there's been changing diagnostic criteria.”
But the scientific literature, he said, says otherwise.
“There is study after study in the scientific literature going back and they decided that the literature going back says decades that says that's not true.”
Then he cited a major investigation by California’s own lawmakers.
“In fact California legislature in 2013 asked the Mind Institute at UC Davis to look exactly at that topic. They said is it real or are we just noticing it more? The Mind Institute came back and said absolutely this is a real epidemic. This is something we've never seen before.”
And he made it painfully clear:
“Anybody with common sense, Sean, would notice that, because the autism——this epidemic is only happening in our children. It's not happening in people who are our age. And if it was better recognition, you'd see it in 70-year-old men.”
But we don’t.
And after laying out the data, dismantling the media narrative, and exposing the severity of the crisis—Kennedy concluded with a clarion call to get to the bottom of this epidemic.
That’s why he says it’s time to dig deeper—leave no stone unturned, and we may have answers sooner than you think.
“President Trump asked me to find out what’s causing it,” he told Hannity.
“And I am approaching that agnostically. We are looking at everything, we are going to do, we're going to be very transparent in how we design the studies.”
To get real answers, he’s farming the research out to top institutions across the country—with full transparency from day one.
“We're going to farm the studies out to 15 premier research groups from all over the country. And we're going to be transparent about our protocols, about the data sets, and then every study will have to be replicated.”
The list of possible factors is long—and nothing is being ruled out.
“We're going to look at mold. We're going to look at the age of parents. We're going to look at food and food additives. We're going to look at pesticides and toxic exposures. We're going to look at medicines. We're going to look at vaccines. We're going to look at everything.”
When asked how long it would take, Kennedy didn’t miss a beat.
“I think we'll have some preliminary answers in six months. It will take us probably a year from then before we can have definitive answers because a lot of the studies will not go out until the end of the summer.”
For the first time in decades, someone is asking the hard questions—and demanding real answers.
This time, nothing is off-limits.
That’s why he says it’s time to dig deeper—leave no stone unturned, and we may have answers sooner than you think.
“President Trump asked me to find out what’s causing it,” he told Hannity.
“And I am approaching that agnostically. We are looking at everything, we are going to do, we're going to be very transparent in how we design the studies.”
To get real answers, he’s farming the research out to top institutions across the country—with full transparency from day one.
“We're going to farm the studies out to 15 premier research groups from all over the country. And we're going to be transparent about our protocols, about the data sets, and then every study will have to be replicated.”
The list of possible factors is long—and nothing is being ruled out.
“We're going to look at mold. We're going to look at the age of parents. We're going to look at food and food additives. We're going to look at pesticides and toxic exposures. We're going to look at medicines. We're going to look at vaccines. We're going to look at everything.”
When asked how long it would take, Kennedy didn’t miss a beat.
“I think we'll have some preliminary answers in six months. It will take us probably a year from then before we can have definitive answers because a lot of the studies will not go out until the end of the summer.”
For the first time in decades, someone is asking the hard questions—and demanding real answers.
This time, nothing is off-limits.
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