Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Thursday the agency's research into autism will provide answers by September into what causes the disorder. 

"We've launched a massive testing and research effort that's going to involve hundreds of scientists from around the world," Kennedy said during a televised White House Cabinet meeting. "By September, we will know what has caused the autism epidemic, and we will be able to eliminate those exposures."

Kennedy was likely referring to the testing and research from the "Make America Healthy Again" commission that President Trump ordered in February. 

The commission is made up of Kennedy and other secretaries to look at everything from the rates of autism and asthma in children to how much medicine is being prescribed to them for ADHD or other conditions, according to Reuters.

One-in-36 children have autism spectrum disorder, according to the most recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report, in 2020, compared to 1-in-44 in 2018.

The agency has not declared autism an epidemic and attributes the rise , in large part, to increased awareness and testing. 

Studies have shown that there is no link between developing autism spectrum disorder and receiving vaccines. Kennedy has long been a vaccine skeptic.