Two cast members from Netflix’s hit dating show Love on the Spectrum condemned US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s disrespectful comments about people with autism earlier this month.

The reality show explores the personal lives of several individuals with autism as they try to find a life-long partner. It won two Primetime Emmys in 2024, for Outstanding Casting for a Reality Program and Outstanding Directing for a Reality Program.

“Autistic people have the same hopes, dreams, and yes, the same awkward dating moments as anyone else,” star Dani Bowman told NewsNation. She continued by saying “to generalise and say none of us can work, date or contribute to society, is completely false.”

Kennedy, who has been known to spreadconspiracy theories about vaccines being linked to autism, has faced backlash since earlier this month after labeling autism spectrum disorder as a “preventable disease.” He said his department will find the cause of what he called an “epidemic” by........

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