If James Lankford wants to know why we have more cases of autism, he can read the CDC's own report, which says that improved screening has led to more diagnoses of autism, particularly among Black, Latino, Asian-American and low-income people. www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
This guy looks like an SNL caricature of himself.
Really evil that the framing of this conversation always logically ends in eradication and it's never, ever about accommodation and support systems.
The ultimate irony? Some of the best parents of autistic kids are devout Christians who believe God made their kids autistic for a reason. It's why you occasionally used to see progressive disability rights activists team up with Christians opposed to abortion (though that's changed recently).
I also look forward to “That’s who the President picked” as an acceptable MAGA answer when Pritzker nominates someone sane…
Easy way to eliminate autism: stop testing for it 🙄