Autism has a long history of misinformation that continues to today. The Trump administration has perpetuated some of this misinformation in the last year. Among other things, officials have claimed certain groups of people don’t get the condition and that taking Tylenol while pregnant causes autism to later develop in children. Today, NPR Science Correspondent <a href="https://www.npr.org/people/2100615/jon-hamilton"target="_blank" >Jon Hamilton</a> sets the record straight with host <a href="https://www.npr.org/people/767284140/emily-kwong"target="_blank" >Emily Kwong</a> on what scientists do and don’t know about autism.  If you liked this episode, check out our episodes on an <a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/09/24/nx-s1-5522134/autism-tylenol-trump-research-pain-pregnacy"target="_blank" >Autism researcher’s take on Trump’s claims about Tylenol</a> and <a href="https://www.npr.org/2021/05/05/993838102/a-fragile-x-treatment-may-be-on-the-horizon"target="_blank" >a Fragile X treatment</a> that may be on the horizon. Interested in more science in the news? Email us your question at <a href="mailto:shortwave@npr.org"target="_blank" >shortwave@npr.org</a>. Listen to every episode of Short Wave sponsor-free and support our work at NPR by signing up for Short Wave+ at <a href="http://plus.npr.org/shortwave"target="_blank" >plus.npr.org/shortwave</a>. This episode was produced by Berly McCoy. It was edited by Rebecca Ramirez. Tyler Jones checked the facts. The audio engineer was Damian Herring. Learn more about sponsor message choices: <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a> <a href="https://www.npr.org/about-npr/179878450/privacy-policy">NPR Privacy Policy</a>

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