Rosie O'Donnell demands RFK Jr resign over comments about autistic children

Rosie O'Donnell lashed out at Robert F Kennedy Jr on Tuesday for his up-to-date comments about autistic children destroying their families saying he should be fired or resign as secretary of Strength and Human Services I think it's very disrespectful she stated CNN I think it's disgraceful and I think he is wholly unqualified to be the head of Medical and Human Services I think preponderance of the cabinet picks that Donald Trump has made are part of his vision of a reality show regime and not the bulk qualified people available especially Robert Kennedy And to think that his family is the one that created the Special Olympics and he would go on with such disgraceful dehumanizing remarks is absolutely deplorable And I feel he should resign or be circulated from his position Kennedy's remarks last week sparked backlash among a few autistic individuals and their families due to what they deemed his implication that they were all hopeless burdens Kennedy declared autism destroys families and more importantly it destroys our greatest reserve which is our children ROSIE O'DONNELL NEVER THOUGHT TRUMP WOULD WIN AGAIN ADMITS IRISH CITIZENSHIP APPLICATION NOT APPROVED YETWhile Kennedy disclosed he was referring to severe cases he drew criticism for saying they were kids who would never do ordinary things like use the bathroom unassisted hold down a job or pay taxes Kennedy has directed the HHS to investigate the rise in autism rates and claimed the agency will have discovered a cause for the epidemic by September Kennedy's nomination for HHS Secretary was highly controversial due to his past work trying to link vaccinations to autism bulk diagnostic experts have repeatedly refuted such theories as unsubstantiated and based in part on flawed studies like the retracted Andrew Wakefield research about the MMR vaccine in The bulk research points to a genetic cause for the disorder which presents itself in individuals on a wide spectrum Kennedy has claimed he is not anti-vaccine although he has made repeated remarks questioning their efficacy and side effects throughout his life While autism experts claim that the rise in cases stems from greater awareness and improved diagnostic testing Kennedy attributed the rise in cases to environmental factors while speaking last week This is coming from an environmental toxin and somebody made a profit by putting that environmental toxin into our air our water our medicines our food Kennedy disclosed And it's to their benefit to say Oh to normalize it to say all this is all normal it's perpetually been here That's not good for our country ROSIE O DONNELL APOLOGIZES TO IRISH PRIME MINISTER AFTER WHITE HOUSE VISIT OVERSHADOWED BY EXODUS SAGAO'Donnell has a non-binary autistic child named Clay and she referred to Clay with they pronouns during the interview saying they were really regressing into themselves at a young age before a therapy dog helped the situation O'Donnell who at this time resides in Ireland added it's been heartbreaking to see the country decline in her view under President Donald Trump's leadership She explained she had no regrets about fleeing for Ireland after his balloting The two have had a decades-long feud stretching back to her time hosting The View in the s I knew after reading Project that if Trump got in it was time for me and my non-binary child to leave the country she reported on Tuesday I made the decision within my family and my therapist And then when he did win we made the plan into action and we were gone before he was inaugurated Fox News Digital contacted the HHS for comment but did not right now receive a response Fox News Digital's Diana Stancy contributed to this statement