Trump Puts Autistic Kids in the Spotlight and Cuts Agencies Built To Protect Them
Researchers and disability rights advocates warn that the Trump administration’s dismantling of the Education Department and its erosions of civil rights oversight risk widening the disparities autistic children face in diagnosis, school support, and discrimination protection.
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