
"When Zoe Gross, the director of advocacy at the Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN), talks about autism, she doesn't describe an epidemic or blame Tylenol or other environmental factors. These are not perspectives shared by those who actually work with and advocate for autistic people. By contrast, it is very much the approach of President Donald Trump and his administration, led by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Robert F. Kennedy Jr."
"Gross talked to NPQ about the tremendous human suffering that will be the inevitable result of Trump administration policies and budget cuts, and how nonprofits can step up to mitigate the harm. "Services like personal care assistance or home nursing provided through Medicaid cannot be easily supplied by most nonprofits," Gross said. "Nonprofits that do provide these services would have to get funding from somewhere in order to do so, and in the United States that funding usually comes from Medicaid.""
MAGA-aligned leaders characterize autism as an epidemic and attribute it to environmental causes, diverging from perspectives of autism advocates and service providers. Proposed Trump-backed budget cuts will remove an estimated $911 billion from Medicaid over the next decade, threatening services that support autistic individuals. Medicaid funds personal care assistance, home nursing, and other essential accommodations that many nonprofits cannot supply without government funding. Nonprofits can offer limited short-term grants but lack capacity for ongoing direct-care expenses. Autistic people represent one in 31 children and one in 45 adults in the United States, placing many at risk if Medicaid supports are reduced.
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