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applegrove

(127,768 posts) Thu Aug 21, 2025, 02:20 PM Aug 21

RFK Jr. Slashed Funding for Autism Research

RFK Jr. Slashed Funding for Autism Research

August 21, 2025 at 6:36 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 67 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2025/08/21/rfk-jr-slashed-funding-for-autism-research/

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. promised to identify the causes of autism but has eliminated parts of his agency actively investigating them and has cut millions in funding for autism research, ProPublica reports.

And once an ardent environmentalist who took on big polluters, Kennedy has been silent on Trump’s dismantling of efforts to combat climate change and pollution.

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RFK Jr. Slashed Funding for Autism Research (Original Post) applegrove Aug 21 OP

He's not interested in any investigation that doesn't agree with what he already believes. tanyev Aug 21 #1

I'm trying to think what not improving treatment for applegrove Aug 21 #2

tanyev

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1. He's not interested in any investigation that doesn't agree with what he already believes.

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Thu Aug 21, 2025, 02:22 PM

Aug 21

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applegrove

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2. I'm trying to think what not improving treatment for

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Thu Aug 21, 2025, 02:34 PM

Aug 21

Autism would do to benefit MAGA..... how it would save money for the rich, which it wouldn't since I'm sure Medicaid wouldn't cover it. And we are just on the cusp of treatments for autism https://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&client=ms-android-bell-ca-rvc3&source=android-browser&q=treatment+cure+autism+mice All I can think of untreated autism costs families money in interventions and care, and the MAGA/Republicans like that when a middle class family becomes a poor one. Less competition for the rich. Less power for Americans.

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