Brandy Zadrozny: Nicole Shanahan was advised by a wellness guru that her kid’s autism was her fault—a government plot around vaccines and computer blue light. Shanahan believed it and donated millions to his causes. Details from my new down-the-rabbit-hole profile of RFK’s VP pick. www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...

Nicole Shanahan was advised by a wellness guru that her kid’s autism was her fault—a government plot around vaccines and computer blue light. Shanahan believed it and donated millions to his causes. Details from my new down-the-rabbit-hole profile of RFK’s VP pick. www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...

Inside the fringe worldview of RFK Jr.’s VP pickwww.nbcnews.com Nicole Shanahan, a self-described "autism mom," went through a political transformation during the pandemic. Now she's running for vice president.

I have an autistic kid. If you meet someone who calls themselves an "autism mom", run.

Me toooooo!

Me too!

We're clearly not sunning them enough!

As an autistic mom, I second this.

Same

All this because she hates her kid for being different.

also it may well be that she also hates herself for it after all is said and done, considering how many of us autistics' parents end up getting diagnoses of their own.

i can't speculate, obviously, tho, especially since this is first time i've ever heard of this person. sigh.

I'm really glad my mother died before I got my diagnosis, because the "Oh, so this is another thing you blame me for" dramatics would have been fucking nauseating

It's a similar origin story to Jenny McCarthy.

Someone that didn’t make the piece called her Jenny 2.0 and yes

Grim stuff. Thanks for doing this work.

Great piece, but man is this depressing.

I can't think of anything better for a kid than to be told that they are how they are because of a government plot. What a way to convey to a child that their state of being is horrible and wrong.

Thanks for this story. My cousin is a longtime antivaxxer from the LA community, and is now doing some work on the RFKjr campaign as a photographer. Sadly he's convinced family members over the years to believe multiple conspiracies, and I now worry that they'll cast votes for RFKjr.

Oof. Sorry about your cousin.

The paragraph quoting the quack smugly congratulating her on how well she's accepted his vile lies is a painful read.

“That’s quite an act, Ms. Shanahan. What do you call it?” “The Kakistocrats!”

I'm so excited to read you on this

🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

Damn when she said soil, I hoped that she would talk about worms ! Instead, it went from bad to worse.

Went to high school with her, had a few classes with her but no memories, but fun fact she was in the same class as Ryan Coogler.

V is for vetting. RFK Jr: naah, why bother.

Oh wow. Of course there had to be a Musk connection.

Brainworms

How do people like Kruse live with themselves?

This is an excellent read. Thank you for going deep on it

One thing I like about Massachusetts is that we have fewer batshit autism moms

Vote [1] Brain worms.

whack

It just gets worse and worse 😞🤬

Was she talking to Jimmy's parents from South Park?

The ticket: two of the same kidney

Well done, it's/she's quite something.

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Loved by self-proclaimed “proud boy moms” nationwide.

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