“Research shows that only a “very, very small portion” of the increase in autism “can be charged to better recognition or better diagnostic criteria.”
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Claim dated 16 Apr 2025.
FactCheck.org rated thisDistorts the facts
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made this claim around 16 April 2025. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 28 April 2025, 12 days later. Its rating was “Distorts the facts”.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has 55 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 27 of them false or fake, 27 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
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