Sky News
@skynews·9.3M subscribers·76.1K videos
Paracetamol, President Trump and the myths about autism
Posted
September 23, 2025
Views
4,320
Likes
29
Comments
8
Engagement
0.86%
September 23, 2025
4,320
29
8
0.86%
Every word spoken in this episode is indexed. Type any phrase to jump straight to the moment it was said.
Type any word or phrase that may have been spoken. Click a result to seek the player to that exact moment.
Try a name, a topic, or a quoted line
See what was published immediately before and after this episode.
25:16
18:40Now PlayingThe scientific community has condemned comments made by Donald Trump and his health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, linking autism to the use of everyday painkillers during pregnancy.
The claim has been refuted by medical experts in both the US and UK - with some saying his comments are dangerous.
Is there any evidence linking paracetamol with autism? What damage could be done by the spread of misinformation? And has this set back the campaign for a better understanding of neurodiversity?
Niall is joined by Jessie Hewitson, a mother of two autistic children who is also the author of “Autism: How to Raise a Happy Autistic Child”, and Sky's science editor Tom Clarke.
For more on what Donald Trump said in the White House, listen to Trump 100
If you have any questions or concerns about autism, more information is available here:
Producers: Emily Hulme & Tom Gillespie
Editor: Mike Bovill
Sentinel Indexing in Progress
Metadata and chapters are available. Claim extraction for this episode is pending.
All video content is delivered via YouTube embedded players in accordance with the YouTube Terms of Service. Sentinel provides research tools that promote discovery and accountability across political media.
