While the data is intended for research purposes and is subject to confidentiality protections, some advocacy groups have raised concerns about privacy and the potential stigmatization of autistic individual.

Additionally, a new disease registry is being established to track Americans diagnosed with autism.

The goal is to create a comprehensive dataset to study autism, with access granted to selected external researchers through NIH grants

This effort involves aggregating anonymized medical records from various federal and commercial databases, including pharmacy chains, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and private insurers.

However, under his leadership, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has initiated a large-scale autism research project.

ChatGPT: As of April 2025, there is no credible evidence that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (RFK Jr.), the current U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, is collecting the names of all autistic individuals in America.

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We had to stop paying 3 student workers…

This really sucks. We had to stop paying 3 student workers 😔

My grandmother, who passed away in 2021, made a scrapbook of the first 3 years of his first term…. I kept it and never realized how important it is!

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