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Shop NowDepartment of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has announced that the Trump administration would “know by September” what has caused the skyrocketing of autism cases in the United States.
Kennedy made the announcement during a Cabinet meeting open to the media, where he told President Donald Trump about his efforts to uncover the cause of the autism epidemic.
“At your direction, we are going to know by September. We’ve launched a massive testing and research effort that’s going to involve hundreds of scientists from around the world,” Kennedy told Trump, adding: “By September we will know what has caused the autism epidemic and we will be able to eliminate those exposures.”
Trump responded by highlighting the data, stating: “Think of that. So it was 1-in-10,000 children had autism. Now it’s 1-in-31 … That’s a horrible statistic.”
The autism rate in children in 1970 was 1 in 10,000
Today it the autism rate in children is 1 in 31.
A rise of 32,258% in my lifetime.
if the ridiculous claim that this is a statistical artifact, and changes in the diagnostic criteria are solely to blame for this increase,…
— Ginger Taylor, MS (@CombatingAutism) April 10, 2025
The president went on to note that there must be something “artificial” behind the rise in autism, adding: “There will be no bigger news conference than that … if you can come up with that answer where you stop taking something, you stop eating something, or maybe it’s a shot, but something’s causing it.”
🚨NEW: RFK Jr says "We will know by September what caused the massive Autism Epidemic in the US and we will be able to eliminate those exposures." pic.twitter.com/78ljgCvbgS
— Autism Capital 🧩 (@AutismCapital) April 10, 2025
This news comes after Trump signed an executive order creating the “Make America Healthy Again” (MAHA) Commission, which will give Kennedy and other Trump administration officials an avenue to investigate the rise of various chronic illnesses such as autism and asthma, especially in children.
Scientists have been researching for decades now to try to uncover the causes of the rise in autism, but have thus far been unsuccessful in finding solid evidence. Many scientists believe that the disorder is genetic, while others believe that environmental factors are the cause.
Several anecdotal reports have emerged of parents being able to reverse some autism symptoms in their children, but there has not yet been a definitive cure. CBS News reported in February that parents with a non-verbal autistic son saw results soon after he began taking Leucovorin prescribed off-label, a medication typically used to ease the side effects of chemotherapy. Just a few days after starting the medication, the son said his first words at the age of three.
