Matt Carey

Writer for Left Brain/Right Brain blog and elsewhere. Parent of an autistic adult.

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Trump wants Robert Kennedy, who is already phoning it in at HHS, to take over a big piece of Special Education.
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When I was young, people like my kid were institutionalized.

I don’t want to go back. https://t.co/34BYWWwk0P

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@DrNeilStone Wakefield wasn't that creative. The idea existed before. And was brought to Wakefield by a group of mothers hoping to build a lawsuit.

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@DrNeilStone "CDC gutted" is an accomplishment in his books.

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@DrNeilStone Also autism. Supposedly his core constituency.
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There have been many articles about the lack of funding for research by this administration. Here's my take. After seeing how much autism research at NIH was cut, I checked cuts by center from 2025-26. It's harsh. Funding is down 75%. Some centers are down 90%.

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@SecKennedy @nytimes You aren't funding new autism research, Mr. Secretary. Grants are down 60% in number. Funding is down 80%. Please, tell me how I am supposed to be impressed that you show up to work from time to time, when the things I and my kid need done aren't happening?

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Autism grants and funding by fiscal year. 2026 shows a huge drop off. I've pro-rated 2026 to account for the fact that the fiscal year hasn't ended yet.

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Congress authorizes ~$800m a year for autism research through the Autism CARES Act. Mr. Kennedy isn't spending it.

New autism research grants are down 60% from 2025. Funding for new grants is down 80%.

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@doritmi unprecedented list of accomplishments? Like getting ice cream companies to commit to maybe, someday removing some dyes from some foods?

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Report: The MAHA Report Cites Studies That Don’t Exist | Left Brain Right Brain

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@Acyn Kennedy and others said the same thing about removing mercury from vaccines.

Autism rates did not got down.

And Kennedy never admitted he was wrong.

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Robert Kennedy dodges his support for the failed autism/vaccine link https://t.co/Kmy4Iq4Lj1

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Team Trump, ever classy, stigmatize people with mental illness to excuse their own bad behavior https://t.co/iOP8kVLkg2

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@AutismScienceFd This study confirms the previous result. It doesn’t update the estimate.

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@AutismScienceFd The title of your blog post is inaccurate. The difference is not statistically significant. Stating that the value has been updated suggests that there is a difference.

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Imagine Mr. Kennedy working in a Trump administration. https://t.co/ocTYRGShJh