Leading Autism and Disability Organizations Call for Decision-Making Based on Quality Science and Compassion for the Autism Community
For Immediate Release Organizational Contacts: AAPD: Jess Davidson, jdavidson@aapd.com; 202-465-5528 AUCD: Lillie Heigl, lheigl@aucd.org The Arc: dilworth@thearc.org ASAN: media@autisticadvocacy.org Autism Society: press@autismsociety.org WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Monday, September 22, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. announced the department’s actions to address what he called the “epidemic of autism.” The theories that Secretary Kennedy…