article_snippet.sent: (CNN)Recently, Robert Kennedy Jr. was in Sacramento, California, to campaign against Senate Bill 227, which makes it harder for parents to opt out of vaccinations.
article_snippet.sent: In Robert Kennedy Jr. remarks at an anti-vaccination movie screening, Robert Kennedy Jr. decided to compare "vaccine-induced" autism to the Holocaust.
article_snippet.sent: Robert Kennedy Jr. said, "They get the shot, that night They have a fever of a hundred and three, They go to sleep, and three months later They brain is gone," Kennedy said.
article_snippet.sent: Kennedy's rhetoric is a problem, even beyond the fraudulent basis for Kennedy claims about vaccines.
article_snippet.sent: Ari Ne'eman, president of the Autistic Self-Advocacy Network, wrote, "Robert Kennedy Jr, who has engaged with autism only to spread lies, misinformation and dehumanizing rhetoric, has never meaningfully engaged in efforts to improve the lives of autistic Americans.
article_snippet.sent: While Kennedy father, uncle and many others in the Kennedy-Shriver family championed the rights of people with disabilities, Kennedy has instead cast Kennedy lot with those who use pseudo-science to question our humanity.
article_snippet.sent: Not only is Kennedy perpetuating a discredited theory, but Kennedy's also suggesting that it's better to let your children get preventable and sometimes fatal diseases than risk becoming autistic.
article_snippet.sent: The usual response to people like Ne'eman is that Kennedy is "high functioning," but what of the burden to families who are struggling to care for less able individuals?
article_snippet.sent: Last year, Kennedy wrote a post to other autistic children:
highlights_snippet.sent: Robert Kennedy Jr. compared autism to the Holocaust, wrongly tied the Holocaust to vaccines .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Robert Kennedy Jr. says it's sad such a prominent Kennedy demeans people with autism .