As a parent expert, I’ve been stewing and chewing on the Trump Administration’s autism announcement Monday and have put together my Top Six Takes on the big event. My views come from my 20+ years parenting a child with high-needs autism, hearing from other parents and reading about the science.

Many causes of autism

There is not one cause of autism — there are many. Saying there is one or two large-scale causes of autism is dangerous, foolish and pretty much kills hope for help for people like my son, whose autism isn’t linked to the cause célèbres touted and spouted Monday.

His autism was caused by a rare genetic disorder of the CTCF gene, which also caused other medical problems for him, including two that were life-threatening.

Claims on Tylenol alarming

Vaccines and acetaminophen

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