Searching For The Causes Of Autism: A Conversation With Two Moms, Alison Singer And Nancy Fuller Why Should I Trust You? podcast

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Searching for the Causes of Autism: A Conversation with Two Moms, Alison Singer and Nancy Fuller

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Few topics crystallize our current breakdown in trust more than autism. And with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s renewed push to find its cause, autism isn’t just back in the national spotlight—it’s fueling a debate that’s dividing communities.

Supporters see Kennedy as a force disrupting the status quo, channeling money and fresh energy into the search for answers. Critics see a stunt that prioritizes personal belief over established science and may ultimately be about eroding trust in vaccines.

Either way, it exposes just how deep our mistrust runs: vaccine skeptics dismissing science based on who delivers it, while some in the scientific establishment hesitate to revisit old debates because of who’s asking the questions.

Caught in the middle? Millions of families living with autism.

Today, a candid conversation with Nancy Fuller, a MAHA mom navigating her son’s diagnosis—and insights from Alison Singer, co-founder of the Autism Science Foundation and mother of daughter with autism, on where the research stands today and where we go from here.

Hosts:

Brinda Adhikari

Tom Johnson

Maggie Bartlett

Dr. Mark Abdelmalek

Guests:

Nancy Fuller, Make America Healthy Again (Ohio), mother of a son with autism

Alison Singer, Co-Founder/President, Autism Science Foundation, mother of a daughter with autism

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Chapters

1. Searching for the Causes of Autism: A Conversation with Two Moms, Alison Singer and Nancy Fuller (00:00:00)

2. Intro and Headlines: Autism (00:00:10)

3. Welcome back Nancy Fuller! (00:02:57)

4. The History of Autism: "Refrigerator Moms" (00:06:00)

5. "Infantile Autism": a biological basis (00:09:22)

6. Nancy: Genetic Testing (00:18:11)

7. Tom: CDC on Autism (00:19:53)

8. RFK Jr on Autism (00:23:45)

9. Meet Alison Singer! (00:28:51)

10. Alison's brother (00:30:05)

11. Alison's daughter (00:33:04)

12. A Mother's Guilt (00:35:39)

13. Parents Fired Up (00:37:12)

14. Research on Autism (00:43:54)

15. Vaccines (00:46:45)

16. Where Should Research be Looking? (00:52:08)

17. Alison on Kennedy (01:00:19)

18. Genetics Doesn't Mean There is No Remedy (01:03:53)

19. Nancy: This is a Crisis That Needs to be Solved (01:09:16)

20. Mistrust & the Conversation about Vaccines & Autism (01:13:48)

21. Alison: The Key is Looking at what DOES Cause Autism (01:14:51)

22. Alison and Nancy: where they agree (01:19:26)

23. Thank you for joining us! (01:20:09)

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