New research confirms the longstanding idea that there are multiple forms of autism, with different life trajectories. www.autismpolicyblog.com/2025/12/auti...

Budget pressure and Trump's looming Medicaid cuts are prompting states to reduce Medicaid funding for autism therapy. www.autismpolicyblog.com/2025/12/medi...

The Trump State Dept has sanctioned the head of an organization that exposed RFK Jr. and other peddlers of the lie that vaccines cause autism. Thanks to RFK Jr., the US has had 2,012 measles cases in 2025, the highest since 1992. Things will get worse. www.autismpolicyblog.com/2025/12/trum...

After the decimation of staffs that work on special education and civil rights, Education Secretary Linda McMahon told activists that she supports students with disabilities (e.g., autism). Yeah, right, and TV wrestling is totally real. www.autismpolicyblog.com/2025/12/blah...

An important local news startup, LA Reported, will launch early next month. Kudos to @scottwoolley, ,David Dreier, and Karin Klein. www.bessettepitney.net/2025/12/la-r...

RFK Jr. is considering changes in the vaccine schedule that could severely diminish vaccine uptake and availability. Contrary to his lies, vaccines don't cause autism. www.autismpolicyblog.com/2025/12/vacc...

Study: amid the largest measles outbreak in 30 years, CDC social media accounts have gone quiet. Anti-science groups have rushed to fill the void, spreading the myth that vaccines cause autism. www.autismpolicyblog.com/2025/12/in-p...

Trump, RFK Jr., and social media influencers spent 2025 spreading disinformation about Tylenol, vaccines, and autism. Predictably, measles cases are already rising. God help us in 2026. www.autismpolicyblog.com/2025/12/hhs-...

Trump and RFK Jr. have touted leucovorin as an autism treatment, despite the lack of large, randomized, placebo-controlled trials. Maybe it will provide some help to some autistic kids, but "miracle cures" have never panned out. www.autismpolicyblog.com/2025/12/dema...

RFK Jr. has spread the lie that the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine causes autism. In all of 2024, there were 285 measles cases in the USA. So far in 2025, the CDC just announced, there have been 1,958 cases. Heckuva job, Bobby. www.autismpolicyblog.com/2025/12/meas...

AI carries risks for the employment of autistic people. www.autismpolicyblog.com/2025/12/ai-a...

Trump despises people with disabilities. Use of the r-word on X has surged since Trump used it on his own platform. www.autismpolicyblog.com/2025/12/trum...

Trump touted leucovorin as a treatment for autism symptoms. But the evidence is meager. The history of autism is a long story of false hopes. www.autismpolicyblog.com/2025/12/leuc...

New analysis from a World Health Organization global expert committee on vaccine safety reaffirms that childhood vaccines do not cause autism. Trump has withdrawn the US from WHO. www.autismpolicyblog.com/2025/12/who-...

For years, RFK Jr. has spread the lie that vaccines cause autism. The predictable result: the U.S. has had 1,912 confirmed measles cases so far in 2025, and a growing outbreak in South Carolina. Heckuva job, Bobby. www.autismpolicyblog.com/2025/12/sout...

The Education Dept's Office for Civil Rights is temporarily bringing back some staffers to deal with a massive backlog of cases. The cuts have already harmed students with disabilities such as autism. autismpolicyblog.com/2025/12/temp...

Poll: 25% of Republicans under age 30 believe the myth that vaccines cause autism, and 14% are unsure. www.autismpolicyblog.com/2025/12/youn...

Studies children from families with private insurance were more likely to undergo autism screening that those without insurance. www.autismpolicyblog.com/2025/12/disp...

A literature review finds that neurodivergent employees face workplace barriers. This finding should not surprise anyone familiar with autism. www.autismpolicyblog.com/2025/12/door...

CDC is now a platform for antivaxxers. The arsonists have seized the firehouse. www.autismpolicyblog.com/2025/12/arso...

Trump's Medicaid cuts will hurt Californians with disabilities such as autism. www.autismpolicyblog.com/2025/12/cali...

The Trump administration is gutting the Education Dept's Office for Civil Rights. The victims are kids with disabilities such as autism. www.autismpolicyblog.com/2025/12/gutt...

State Medicaid cuts will hit children and young adults with autism. www.autismpolicyblog.com/2025/12/stat...

Breaking up the Education Department will hamper the coordination of services and protections for students with disabilities such as autism. That's the point. Trump despises people with disabilities. www.autismpolicyblog.com/2025/12/brea...

RFK Jr. has made the CDC post disinformation about vaccines and autism. Meanwhile, vaccine-preventable diseases are surging. Heckuva job, Bobby. www.autismpolicyblog.com/2025/11/rfk-...

Fifty years ago today, President Ford signed the main federal law on special education. Before that law, most kids with disabilities such as autism could not attend public school. Trump is trying to gut the law. www.autismpolicyblog.com/2025/11/fift...

Even before the Trump administration's war on people with disabilities, there was a shortage of special ed teachers. Autistic kids are suffering. www.autismpolicyblog.com/2025/11/shor...

The Arc of the United States has joined a lawsuit challenging Trump's efforts to scrap the U.S. Department of Education. The lawsuit asserts that recent actions threaten essential protections for students with disabilities such as autism. www.autismpolicyblog.com/2025/11/suit...

Another arsonist goes to the firehouse: a "vaccine skeptic" will effectively run CDC. Contrary to the lies that Trump and RFK Jr. have told, vaccines don't cause autism. Vaccinate your kids. www.autismpolicyblog.com/2025/11/anti...

RFK Jr clings to the myth that vaccines cause autism. As GK Chesterton wrote of the madman: "He is in the clean and well-lit prison of one idea: he is sharpened to one painful point." The pain will fall on children suffering from measles and pertussis. www.autismpolicyblog.com/2025/11/kenn...

The Trump administration would shift enforcement of special education law to HHS. That move would be a disaster for students with autism and other disabilities. www.autismpolicyblog.com/2025/11/movi...

RFK Jr admits it: he ordered CDC to ditch its position that vaccines don't cause autism. He is discouraging parents from vaccinating their kids. His legacy will be a trail of child-sized coffins. t.co/Gp8abe6uyj

RFK Jr admits it: he ordered CDC to ditch its position that vaccines don't cause autism. He is discouraging parents from vaccinating their kids. His legacy will be a trail of child-sized coffins. t.co/Gp8abe6uyj

Under RFK, the CDC is now posting dangerous lies about vaccines and autism. Organizations ranging from Autism Speaks to the Autistic Self Advocacy Network are pushing back. Good. www.autismpolicyblog.com/2025/11/auti...

Under RFK Jr., the CDC website is now lying about the discredited link between vaccines and autism. Because he is effectively promoting vaccine refusal, kids will die. www.autismpolicyblog.com/2025/11/cdc-...

Gutting the Education Dept's Office for Civil Rights will worsen inequality. Only parents who can afford private lawyers will be able to protect their kids' rights. Autistic students from more modest backgrounds will suffer. www.autismpolicyblog.com/2025/11/gutt...

Report: Teachers are increasingly using AI to develop individualized education plans for students with disabilities such as autism. There are advantages, but also numerous potential drawbacks. www.autismpolicyblog.com/2025/11/ai-a...

California's Early Start program is at risk, and services for autistic children are in jeopardy. www.autismpolicyblog.com/2025/11/earl...

RFK Jr has pushed the lie that the measles vaccine causes autism. Last year, the US had 285 measles cases. So far this year, it has had 1,723. Heckuva job, Bobby. www.autismpolicyblog.com/2025/11/meas...

There is a tight connection between right-wing conspiracy theorists and the anti-vaccine movement. Can't say it too often: vaccines don't cause autism. www.autismpolicyblog.com/2025/11/chil...

The budget deal brought back some special education staffers -- for now. But Trump's attack on special ed is likely to continue. He despises people with disabilities such as autism. www.autismpolicyblog.com/2025/11/some...

Bad news for students in special education, including autistic kids. The acting "watchdog" at the Education Department is a Trumpist who reposted a fawning social media message about Trump, Musk, and RFK Jr. Don't expect him to defend IDEA enforcement. www.autismpolicyblog.com/2025/11/acti...

Trump and RFK Jr floated the idea that vaccines cause autism. A new lit review undercuts it. www.autismpolicyblog.com/2025/11/lit-...

To paraphrase the late, great Roman Hruska: "There are a lot of unprincipled schemers who will sell out anybody and anything to get ahead. They are entitled to a little representation, aren't they, and a little chance?" www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

Study: advocacy programs for Latino families can help them get autism services for their children as they age out of school-based programs. www.autismpolicyblog.com/2025/11/advo...

Good news & bad news from the Annenberg Public Policy Center. Good news: most Americans know that vaccines don't cause autism. Bad news: that majority has been shrinking. www.autismpolicyblog.com/2025/11/vacc...

Report from Center for American Progress: staff cuts in the Education Department's civil rights office could slow down cases that already can last for years. And in K-12 special ed, services delayed are services denied. Autistic kids will suffer. www.autismpolicyblog.com/2025/11/gutt...

With the Trump administration effectively shutting down federal oversight, special education is likely to deteriorate. Autistic kids will suffer. www.autismpolicyblog.com/2025/11/with...

RFK Jr. has long pushed the lie that measles vaccinations cause autism. The US is about to lose its measles elimination status. Heckuva job, Bobby. www.autismpolicyblog.com/2025/11/the-...

There is a place in Hell for quacks who exploit the desperate parents of autistic children. www.autismpolicyblog.com/2025/11/pare...