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Stop blaming moms for autism
Manage episode 518205988 series 2164084
Decades before the headlines about Tylenol, moms have always had to worry if they were to blame for their child’s autism. Sara Luterman, Disability and Aging Reporter for The 19th, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the so-called “refrigerator moms” of the 1950s, and what today’s rhetoric from the Health and Human Services Secretary mean for mothers struggling to navigate a difficult diagnosis. Her article “This isn’t the first time moms have been blamed for their kids’ autism.”
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Manage episode 518205988 series 2164084
Decades before the headlines about Tylenol, moms have always had to worry if they were to blame for their child’s autism. Sara Luterman, Disability and Aging Reporter for The 19th, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the so-called “refrigerator moms” of the 1950s, and what today’s rhetoric from the Health and Human Services Secretary mean for mothers struggling to navigate a difficult diagnosis. Her article “This isn’t the first time moms have been blamed for their kids’ autism.”
Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices2185 episodes
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