Trump puts autistic kids in the spotlight and cuts agencies built to protect them
CBS News
The Trump administration is weakening federal protections for autistic children by dismantling agencies like the Office for Civil Rights that address educational discrimination, even as a new study highlights persistent diagnosis gaps for marginalized groups. This move coincides with rhetoric from officials like Robert F. Kennedy Jr. who falsely link autism to vaccines and frame it as a tragedy, undermining established research on disability disparities.
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