Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s comments about autism are part of a long legacy of right-wing politicians deciding which people’s lives are and are not worth living.
No, I truly believe it’s malice. He, and the anti-vax movement behind him, absolutely despise autistic people. They hate that they have to deal with a non-neurotypical person. Both as parents of non-neurotypicals and in day to day dealings with them. I’ve watched it in action multiple times. And everything coming out of Kennedy’s mouth is identical to what I’ve heard directly from other autistic hating anti-vaxxers.
No, I truly believe it’s malice. He, and the anti-vax movement behind him, absolutely despise autistic people. They hate that they have to deal with a non-neurotypical person. Both as parents of non-neurotypicals and in day to day dealings with them. I’ve watched it in action multiple times. And everything coming out of Kennedy’s mouth is identical to what I’ve heard directly from other autistic hating anti-vaxxers.