Article 6WV2P Autistic people and experts voice alarm at RFK’s ‘terrible’ approach to condition

Autistic people and experts voice alarm at RFK’s ‘terrible’ approach to condition

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Melody Schreiber
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Health secretary is planning wide-ranging monitoring of autistic people's health record and cuts to disability services

Autism experts and autistic people are pushing back on Robert F Kennedy's terrible" approach to autism as the health secretary plans more expansive monitoring of autistic people's health records and proposes cuts to disability services.

A huge study on autism proposed by Kennedy will draw upon private medical records from federal and commercial databases, and a new health registry will track autistic Americans, CBS News reported on Monday.

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