What we know about the 'autism epidemic' RFK Jr. has vowed to solve

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., America’s top health official under U.S. President Donald Trump, has vowed to solve what he calls an “autism epidemic,” but the rising number of diagnoses is largely due to a loosening of what counts as autism, according to an eminent psychiatrist who led the task force that expanded the criteria 30 years ago.

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