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People With Autism React to Trump’s Message on Tylenol

Some welcomed more research and possible new treatments. But the administration’s embrace of unproven science and depiction of autism as a “crisis” has sown deep mistrust.

© Tierney L. Cross/The New York Times

President Trump and his health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., have angered some people with autism by calling it a crisis.
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Inside a ‘Hell on Earth’ in Oklahoma

The Greer Center was supposed to be a refuge for people with developmental disabilities. But accounts from inside the secretive facility paint a starkly different picture, depicting a place where helpless patients faced beatings, waterboarding and constant fear.

© Desiree Rios for The New York Times

The Robert M. Greer Center in Enid, Okla., previously managed by Liberty Healthcare, faced scrutiny for failing to protect its patients.
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