Indiana woman with autistic son says President Donald Trump He criticized Mama when he made an unfounded claim. Take Tylenol meanwhile Pregnant It causes autism.
A Kentucky woman diagnosed with this condition as an adult thought Trump was getting worse. autism By describing it as a “terrifying, terrifying crisis.”
A Massachusetts man whose twin boys have deep autism discovered that the Republican president’s words were full of hope, as his father was the first time he had a discussion in the government at the highest level of autism.
Recent comments about autism by the Republican president and others in his administration have ripped over the United States and sparked a wide range of views and feelings among people with autism and their families. Some welcome the new focus and pledge of research funding for complex developmental conditions. Others are furious about considering claims of responsibility, embarrassment and spread that are not based on science.
On Monday, Trump repeatedly warned pregnant women not to take Tylenol, known to the generic name acetaminophen, promoting unreliable claims about autism and vaccines. Some studies have increased the likelihood that taking acetaminophen during pregnancy may be associated with the risk of autism. However, many others have not found connections and no causality has been proven.
Meanwhile, scientists have stressed that they are concerned about the vaccine Can be linked to autism It’s been exposed for a long time. A fraudulent study claiming a link between measles, mumps and rubella vaccines was later withdrawn by the journal that published it. Science shows that autism is primarily rooted in genetics.
Accuse mother, pushback against villager autism
Dr. Noa Sterling of OB-Gyn said Trump’s comments, particularly about Tylenol, touched nerves on many parents of young autistic children.
“There’s this kind of story that you have to be aware of absolutely everything while pregnant. If you eat the wrong thing or do the wrong thing, you’ll irreparably hurt your baby,” she said. “So Tylenol comes directly into this fear of, ‘I took something that caused this condition in my child.’ ”
Dani Dellner, who has a four-year-old son with autism, said it was “really sad” that the woman was being criticized.
“I didn’t take Tylenol while pregnant,” said Derner of Dripping Springs, Texas. But she said, “Some women may not have options.”
Some women said responsibility was reminiscent of a disproved mid-20th century theory that emotionally cold “fridge mothers” caused autism.
“When I heard he said acetaminophen was the cause, I was a little scared and a little sad. “We really don’t know what causes autism.”
“There’s a lot of responsibility and sometimes I think mothers get criticised,” said Kelly Sue Milano of Fullerton, California, who has an autistic son.
Some people with autism reacted with the notion that autism is curable.
“It’s part of us,” said Danibowman, CEO of Danimation Entertainment and a cast member of “Love on the Spectrum.” “My mother never took Tylenol while pregnant with me or my sister. My father is autistic. My sister is autistic. I have autism.”
Katie Thurman, a law assistant in Lexington, Kentucky, was angry at the concept of eradicating autism diagnosed with autism.
“There’s a real crisis happening in this country, and people with autism aren’t one of them,” Thurman said.
Dealing with profound autism
Others were encouraged by caution regarding developmental disorders.
“We need a voice at the table and we have to do something,” said Matt Murphy of Air, Massachusetts. “It’s a hopeful thing I’m going to take away from now on. Finally, the top government level is talking about this.”
He said people with deep autism need lifelong support and that federal and state governments need to take action in many areas, including education and housing. Murphy is happy to see federal money heading towards research into the causes of autism.
“Even if you find the cause… we still have the current population that we need to support, deal with and support,” he said.
Deaton, who has an adult autistic son, agrees, but is worried about federal cuts that will affect things like Medicaid and special education. These help autistic people contribute to society, get jobs and become taxpayers, she said.
Judith Urcitti leads the Profound Autism Alliance and was one of a group of people who met with the director of the National Institutes of Health in June. She said she was happy with the funded list of research after hearing the term “profound autism” at a White House event.
However, Urshitti, the mother of autistic 22-year-old son, realizes that people in other parts of the autism spectrum have found that others in her community are furious because they believe their mother is being blamed.
Urcitti also said that when referring to statistics that one out of about 31 children is affected by US autism spectrum disorder, it has confused some of the debate, such as not bullying severe autism from other parts of the spectrum.
“The vast majority of people with autism don’t fall into that deep category,” she said.
She said the response to comments made at the White House was as diverse as the autism community itself.
“To be honest, there’s a very similar disparity to what we see in our country,” she said.
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Associated Press video journalists River Chan and Nathan Elgren of Washington and Obedo Lamie of Indianapolis contributed to the report.
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