'We've regressed so horribly': Autism groups respond to Trump administration's Tylenol claims [View all]

Source: USA Today

Sept. 22, 2025, 7:53 p.m. ET


The Trump administration announced on Monday, Sept. 22, that it had found the "answer to autism" - a claim experts, advocacy groups and the autism community are calling dangerous and regressive.

Trump announced plans to reveal the supposed cause of autism spectrum disorder during a Sept. 21 memorial rally for conservative activist Charlie Kirk, telling memorial-goers, "I think you’re going to find it to be amazing."

In a press conference, Trump, alongside Health and Human Services Secretary (HHS) RFK Jr. and other officials, claimed that Tylenol use during pregnancy could contribute to the development of autism in children, a contrast to current medical guidelines that say acetaminophen, the generic form of Tylenol, is safe to use.

The Trump administration has made repeated claims about its plans to find the "cause" for autism, despite decades of medical and scientific consensus indicating that there is no singular source, including medication, that can be attributed to the condition, and that it is likely the result of multiple contributing factors like genetics. Kennedy has argued, without evidence, that the country has a "preventable" "autism epidemic" fueled by "environmental toxins."

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Yet his "boss" is essentially dismantling the very agency that regulates "environmental toxins" and who has illegally rescinded funding that was set aside to study and attempt to clean up those "environmental toxins".

If anything, this whole administration is filled with "environmental toxins" posing as people.