Why many people with autism fear RFK Jr.’s focus on the condition

Songer, who also has an autistic son, runs a home-school enrichment center called Neuroquest, which supports neurodivergent and neurotypical home-schooled students who may not do well in a traditional school setting. She is also part of a Facebook group for families with neurodivergent children in her area, which has over 2,400 members. Within both the Facebook group and the center, she said, people are “scared to death.” Some are choosing to halt the process to get diagnosed with autism, she said, while others have left the country. Colin Killick, executive...