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flag Irish TD Danny Healy-Rae faces backlash for falsely linking autism to vitamin deficiency, sparking condemnation from experts and politicians.

flag Irish TD Danny Healy-Rae has drawn widespread criticism for suggesting during a Dáil debate that autism might be linked to a lack of vitamins, a claim deemed unfounded and harmful by autism advocates, medical experts, and several politicians. flag Sinn Féin and autism charity AsIAm condemned the remarks as misleading and damaging, emphasizing that autism is a neurodevelopmental condition not caused by nutrition. flag Multiple TDs have urged Healy-Rae to retract his comments, which were made in the context of a discussion on special education, though he has refused to withdraw them, calling them personal opinions. flag The backlash highlights concerns about misinformation and stigma surrounding autism.

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