The Autism Surge: Lies, Conspiracies, and My Own Kids
Jonny and Sophie Escher in Santa Cruz, 2012. (Jill Escher)
Rates of autism are skyrocketing. The question isn’t just why—but what we need to do about it right now, and what’s holding us back.
Why, in my now–home state of California, have autism diagnoses increased a stunning 50-fold in the last 33 years? It’s a comment on our times that this crucial medical question has become a fiercely contested political matter. As America’s next presidential campaign gets underway, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has made a policy centerpiece his belief that child…
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