Eric Garcia

MSNBC Columnist

Eric Garcia is the senior Washington correspondent and bureau chief for The Independent. He is the author of "We're Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation."

Eric Garcia is the senior Washington correspondent and bureau chief for The Independent. He is the author of "We're Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation."

Latest from Eric Garcia

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I’m autistic, and I work. And I made sure to let RFK Jr. know it.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr's blanket characterization of autistic people not working and paying taxes is false. So are his claims of an autism epidemic.
141d ago

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Linda McMahon and RFK Jr. could be a one-two punch for disabled students

Linda McMahon, President Trump’s Education secretary nominee, has a Senate confirmation hearing Thursday as HHS secretary nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is expected to be confirmed.
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As wildfires rage, this conservative attacks sign language interpreters sharing news

Christopher Rufo and Richard Hanania criticized ASL interpreters used to inform the public of California's wildfires and revealed an ignorance about deaf people and disasters.
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RFK Jr. thinks people like me are just evidence of Big Pharma’s crimes

By picking Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the HHS, Trump is wrongly elevating someone who sees autism, and therefore autistic people, as problems to be solved.
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The ‘really messy system’ that limits where millions of disabled people can vote

Religious institutions are exempt from the rules that require accommodate people with disabilities. That may compromise those people’s ability to vote.
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This ruling from Ohio’s highest court is ‘an affront’ to disabled voters

Ohio’s Republican-controlled Supreme Court sided with state Secretary of State Frank LaRose and made it harder for disabled people to use dropboxes to vote.
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We’re still talking about Gus Walz’s display of emotion all wrong

Guz Walz, Minnesota governor and Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz's son, doesn't need anyone's permission to express how he's feeling.
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Hunter Woodhall and other Paralympic athletes aren’t competing to impress you

The 2024 Paralympics is raising the visibility of disabled athletes, it's important to resist the 'inspiration porn' that treats them as uniquely inspiring.
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What anxious parents of neurodivergent children can learn from Tim and Gwen Walz

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and his wife, Gwen, talked to People magazine about their son's nonverbal learning disorder and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.
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Why the autism defense for Sam Bankman-Fried is so offensive

Multiple people had argued on Sam Bankman-Fried’s behalf that his autism made him less culpable for his crimes or less deserving of a lengthy stay in prison.
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Donald Trump Jr.'s FAA attack isn't just ableist. It's wildly hypocritical.

New Donald Trump Jr. tweet claimed this FAA initiative puts passengers at risk. Just as bad, Fox News wrongly linked the program to a Boeing plane accident.
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