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Columnist Preach Jacobs responds to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s recent remarks about autism and his sister for this week's Fight the Power column in Free Times.

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Autism is what’s known as a neurodevelopmental disorder, which means that the way the brain grows and develops, beginning in pregnancy, is different in people who will go on to have autism.

Framing autism as a “disease” with environmental causes seemed designed to set up Kennedy “as the ‘savior’ to the autism community” when he claims to have discovered its cause.

Autism is defined as "a complex developmental condition that affects communication, social interaction and behavior," says Christopher Banks, president and CEO of the Autism Society of America.

But the point Kennedy is so obviously eliding is that, in the 1960s, autism was characterized by “profound impairments,” and now, it’s, well, not—hence the CDC’s findings.

Partly in response to the drowning death of 5-year-old Kayden Nolen, the National Autism Association is sharing free resources to help families and caregivers save lives and stay informed.

More boys and men have traditionally been diagnosed with autism than girls and women. That’s because researchers have mostly studied males, and symptoms vary by gender, cognitive neuroimaging ...