Our respsonse to President Donald Trump's executive order on vaccines

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to reduce the number of childhood vaccines in America and separate the MMR vaccine. Our response to his comments about autism and the MMR vaccine is included below.

Our response

Mel Merritt, Head of Policy and Influencing at the National Autistic Society, said: "Let's be clear - the MMR vaccine is safe. It's utterly disgraceful that yet again we must correct dangerous misinformation from President Donald Trump. It's been proven for decades that vaccines are safe and a huge amount of new research has also shown there is no link between the MMR vaccine and autism, including new analysis by the World Health Organization.

"Autism is a lifelong neurodivergence and disability which influences how people experience and interact with the world. Misinformation about autism only distracts from the conversations we should be having about how to tackle the huge inequalities autistic people face across all aspects of their lives and provide the support they need. For evidence-based information about autism and vaccines, visit the National Autistic Society website at www.autism.org.uk."

Further information

• Read more about autism.
• Find out more about the causes of autism.
• Join our Truth. It Matters campaign.
• Read NHS information about the MMR vaccine.
• Read our previous response to President Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jnr's false claims about autism.