Autism Policy News

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Fri, Sept 18, 2026:

• Kennedy appoints vaccine skeptic to head up Federal Autism panel - Reuters

Thurs, Sept 10, 2026:

• Oz’s Medicaid fraud war room is prompting ‘aggressive’ state crackdowns

  The Trump administration and states are policing Medicaid spending on autism therapy. Vulnerable children are losing access. - Politico

Tues, Aug 11, 2026:

• Trump makes numerous false and misleading claims about vaccines and autism - CNN

  • Trump again floated the idea that vaccines cause autism, though that notion has been thoroughly debunked by extensive research in multiple countries. He again baselessly impugned the safety of the combination vaccine for measles, mumps and rubella, which has for decades proven highly safe and highly effective. He again wildly overstated the size of the vaccine doses children receive, which are nowhere near “the size of a bottle of soda.” He again wildly understated the prevalence of autism 20 years ago. And he again exaggerated the number of injections children have been required to receive.

Thurs, July 23, 2026:

• Cassidy shifts on CDC nominee, citing change to disputed autism page

  But the page’s core claim still suggests a long debunked link between vaccines and autism. - WP

Wed, March 4, 2026:

• Troubled By RFK Jr.’s Overhaul Of Federal Autism Panel, Experts Launch Their Own - Disability Scoop

Mon, Feb 23, 2026:

• Is autism preventable in certain cases after all? Some scientists say yes. - WP

Wed, Feb 18, 2026:

• Kennedy’s push to find cause of autism divides Hill Republicans. Advocates warn against misinformation as HHS focuses on unproven links to vaccines. - Roll Call

Mon, Jan 5, 2026:

• Applied behavior analysis has become one of Medicaid’s fastest-growing costs, prompting cuts that families say threaten progress. - Governing

Thurs, Sept 25, 2025:

• Research tying Tylenol to autism lost in court. Then it won Trump’s ear. – WP

Tues, Sept 23, 2025:

• ‘This May Be the Most Difficult Day in My Career’: Experts React to Trump’s Autism Remarks – NYT

• The president reprises his COVID era, this time sharing unproven medical advice on autism – AP

• Trump’s Tylenol Briefing Peddled Junk Science. Parents deserve answers about autism — not debunked theories and misinformation. – Bloomberg

• DeLauro Statement on Trump and RFK Jr.’s Dangerous Tylenol Misinformation – House Appropriations/DeLauro

Monday, Sept 22, 2025:

• Trump Distorts Facts on Autism, Tylenol, and Vaccines, Scientists Say – KFF
  American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) Affirms Safety and Benefits of Acetaminophen during Pregnancy. “In more than two decades of research on the use of acetaminophen in pregnancy, not a single reputable study has successfully concluded that the use of acetaminophen in any trimester of pregnancy causes neurodevelopmental disorders in children. In fact, the two highest-quality studies on this subject—one of which was published in JAMA last year—found no significant associations between use of acetaminophen during pregnancy and children’s risk of autism, ADHD, or intellectual disability.” – ACOG

• ‘I’m not a doctor’: This shoddy autism science helps no one. President Donald Trump’s rant on vaccines and Tylenol has no basis in fact. – WP Editorial Bd.