Recent comments on autism risk hampering efforts to encourage families to reach out, an expert says. Photo: Joe Castro/AAP PHOTOS

Donald Trump linking autism with paracetamol use during pregnancy may impact Australian parents of children with the neurodevelopmental condition, an expert says.

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Flanked by Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr, the US president linked autism to the use of over-the-counter pain medication Tylenol, which is an American brand of paracetamol and called Panadol in Australia.

"We have worked so hard to increase awareness and to break down stigma, to encourage

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