""President Trump recently warned pregnant women against using Tylenol (acetaminophen), claiming it causes \"very increased\" risk of autism and is \"not good.\"""
""Maia Szalavitz observes that this perpetuates the harmful view of \"autistic people as a burden on society that should be eliminated, not as citizens who are valuable.\"""
""Public health policy must be guided by rigorous research and scientific consensus. We are deeply troubled by the reckless promotion of unsupported research that unjustifiably blames mothers and fuels stigma against individuals with autism.""
A high-profile claim linked acetaminophen (Tylenol) use during pregnancy to a greatly increased autism risk, contradicting decades of scientific evidence and consensus. Such claims shift blame onto mothers and reinforce harmful views that devalue autistic people. Untreated fevers have been associated with autism risk, making discouragement of safe fever treatment potentially dangerous. Misinformation can become persistent "zombie facts" unless corrected quickly and widely across traditional and social media. Prominent figures amplify misinformation, increasing its reach. Counter-messaging that follows psychological evidence and preemptive inoculation strategies can reduce the spread and impact of such false claims.
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