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229885 author: anna@mathstodon.xyz 23 Apr 09:39
tags: #autism #autismawarenessmonth #rfk

Excuse me? Don't think this is what we mean by "Autism Awareness Month".

All jokes aside, this is scary af.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/22/rfk-jr-autism-nih

Screenshot from the linked article, with the following text:

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is collecting the private medical records of many Americans from several different federal and commercial databases to give to researchers for US health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr’s new autism study.

With this information being included in the database, the NIH is also reportedly crafting a new registry to track those with autism, per CBS News.