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At last, Donald Trump has 'cured' autism - and it’s all mum's fault (obviously)

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24.09.2025

By Leanne Maskell

At long last, America’s great medical saviour has spoken.

Donald Trump, flanked by his loyal sidekick Robert F. Kennedy Jr and a few other men in suits, has solved the cause of the ‘horrible, horrible crisis’ of autism: women. Or more specifically, mothers who dared to take paracetamol during pregnancy, or vaccinate their children in one trip.

Having drummed up anticipation with a preview over the weekend, Trump finally revealed his masterstroke yesterday: it’s Mum’s fault.

As an autistic woman who has been gaslit by countless medical professionals, I’m so grateful to these men for clarifying that autism is not a neurodevelopmental difference, but simply the result of women not ‘toughing it out’ during pregnancy. Yet another thing to take to therapy.

The US President's latest world-saving achievements also include a ‘cure’ for autism that already exists: a cancer vitamin called Leucovorin (the very few studies of which show an increase in aggression for autistic children). He even told a ‘gorgeous boy’ in the audience he had a ‘big present for........

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