The Trump Administration's Autism Action Plan
pic.twitter.com/5aY5huzg8x— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) September 22, 2025
Posted on 09/22/2025 8:26:40 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
On Monday, President Donald Trump presented a major announcement on the administration's plan to combat, treat, and prevent autism.
The Trump Administration's Autism Action Plan
pic.twitter.com/5aY5huzg8x— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) September 22, 2025
Flanked by Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz, National Institute of Health (NIH) Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary, and acting Assistant Secretary of HHS Dr. Dorothy Fink, Trump thanked Kennedy for bringing this health crisis "to the forefront of American politics." He also thanked Bhattacharya, Oz, and Makary for their assistance in producing this new direction on public health.
Trump said:
The meteoric rise in autism is among the most alarming public health developments in history. There's never been anything like this. [...] Since 2000, autism rates have surged by much more than 400 percent. Instead of attacking those who ask questions, everyone should be grateful for those who are trying to get the answers to this complex situation.
WATCH:
.@POTUS: "Just a few decades ago, 1 in 10,000 children had autism... now, it is 1 in 31... Since 2000, autism rates have surged by much more than 400%. Instead of attacking those who ask questions, everyone should be grateful for those trying to get the answers..." pic.twitter.com/uacGdsAARC— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) September 22, 2025
Trump mentioned that among the Amish community, where they do not take vaccines, there are little-to-no instances of autism. Kennedy confirmed there were studies that documented this. Trump also discussed how the use of acetaminophen, aka Tylenol, during pregnancy has been associated with an increased risk of autism. Dean of the Harvard School of Public Health, Dr. Andrea Baccarelli, wrote a statement detailing the connection between acetaminophen use during pregnancy and autism/ADHD development in children.
Statement from Andrea Baccarelli, M.D., Ph.D., Dean of the Faculty at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health:
"We found evidence of an association between exposure to acetaminophen during pregnancy and increased incidence of neurodevelopmental disorders in children..."
pic.twitter.com/S6ufM03qzj— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) September 22, 2025
HHS will now be recommending that pregnant women take acetaminophen only when extremely necessary, and giving it to children should be avoided entirely or limited in its administration.
Trump also spoke to the changes in the childhood vaccine schedule, which the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) debated last week.
When you go for the shot, you do it over a five-time period. Take it in smaller doses and spread it over a period of years. They pump so much into those beautiful little babies, it's a disgrace. I don't see it, I think it's bad. It looks like they're pumping it into a horse.
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Trump also addressed mercury and aluminum in the vaccines, as well as the separation of MMR (mumps, measles, rubella) vaccines.
"It seems when you mix them, that's when things get really bad. Individually, they're okay," Trump said. "There's no downside in doing this, and it may not have that much of an impact, or it may have a big impact."
Trump also discussed the Hepatitis B vaccine, alluding to the fact that Hepatitis B is spread primarily through sexual contact or intravenous drug use, so recommendations will change for the vaccine not to be administered at birth.
Trump asked HHS Secretary Kennedy to say a few words. Kennedy pointed out that this is an ALL agency effort (HHS, NIH, CMS, FDA). In the past, the work of research, studies, and guidance was siloed and even politicized to a degree where one hand did not know what the other hand was doing. Kennedy mentioned two action items that will be implemented immediately: the first is the release of the research and FDA instructions and label changes on the use of acetaminophen. HHS will also launch a public health campaign surrounding this, encouraging caution in acetaminophen use, along with new research to study the correlations and causations that connect the use of this drug to autism. The second action item is that CMS and NIH will assist doctors on how to counsel and treat patients appropriately in terms of acetaminophen use, and especially in the area of administering vaccines and preventing vaccine injury.
At the end of his remarks, Kennedy made this promise:
I want to reassure the people in the autism community that we will be uncompromising and relentless in our search for answers. We will perform the studies that should have been performed 25 years ago. Whatever the answer is, we will tell you what we find.
WATCH:
.@SecKennedy: "We expect this to be the first of MANY announcements over the coming years that deliver actionable information to parents on underlying causes of autism and the potential paths for prevention and reversal." https://t.co/dQxndY5WiE pic.twitter.com/3iAg1SuURk— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) September 22, 2025
We expect this to be the first of MANY announcements over the coming years that deliver actionable information to parents on underlying causes of autism and the potential paths for prevention and reversal.
Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, Dr. Mehmet Oz, Dr. Marty Makary, and Dr. Dorothy Fink spoke to their role in the Autism Plan and how their agencies will partner with HHS on research and implementation of the plans to discover the roots of this disease. Bhattacharya gave more detail on the NIH $50 million award in support of 13 research projects geared toward isolating autism, unlocking root causes, and improving autism outcomes.
The NIH press release announced:
The National Institutes of Health has launched the Autism Data Science Initiative (ADSI), a landmark research effort that will harness large-scale data resources to explore contributors to the causes and rising prevalence of autism spectrum disorder. More than $50 million in awards will support 13 pioneering projects that draw on genomic, epigenomic, metabolomic, proteomic, clinical, behavioral and autism services data. These projects will integrate, aggregate and analyze existing data resources, generate targeted new data and validate findings through independent replication hubs.
“Our Autism Data Science Initiative will unite powerful datasets in ways never before possible,” said NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya, M.D., Ph.D. “By bringing together genetics, biology, and environmental exposures, we are opening the door to breakthroughs that will deepen our understanding of autism and improve lives.”
The White House ended the announcements with the testimony of two mothers affected by children with autism.
WATCH:
"This day is a day I never thought would happen. I thought that we would never have an Administration that was courageous enough to look into things that no prior Administration had." pic.twitter.com/zGYUSStM4p— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) September 22, 2025
"Discussed/addressed," not acted upon.
$5 the 'autism plan' is 'discussed' for 3 more years. /s
The hippocampus in the brain is primarily responsible for logical thought processing. There are histamine neural receptors in the hippocampus that blocks processing and creates brain fog when histamines are high. This is true at any age.
The enzyme diamine oxidase destroys histamines in the body. This is in contrast to antihistamines that merely block the histamine receptors and DO NOT lower the level of histamines in the body.
The level of diamine oxidase enzyme (DAO) levels significantly increase during pregnancy, with values sometimes reaching up to 500 times higher than pre-pregnancy levels, due to high production by the placenta. This surge is believed to be a protective mechanism against excessive histamine and often leads to a reduction in histamine intolerance symptoms during pregnancy.
Many drugs, including alcohol and caffeine destroys the DAO Enzyme.
My theory is that emotional trauma also decreases DAO Enzyme levels, thus increasing histamine levels, that influence the brain during fetal development.
Here is a medical journal article that supports this theory.
“Diamine Oxidase Interactions with Anti-Inflammatory and Anti-Migraine Medicines in the Treatment of Migraine”
https://share.google/uT7Ao4LVFg0ZhlY1I
Abstract
Histamine intolerance arises when there is a disparity between the production of histamine and the body’s ability to break it down.
In the gastrointestinal tract, the primary enzyme responsible for metabolizing ingested histamine is diamine oxidase (DAO), and a shortage of this enzyme has been associated with some diseases related to the respiratory, cardiovascular, nervous, muscular, and digestive systems, in addition to migraines. The treatment of migraines typically revolves around the utilization of both anti-migraine and anti-inflammatory drugs, but their interaction with DAO is not thoroughly understood.
In this study, we examined the impact of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and anti-migraine medications on DAO activity through in vitro experiments. We also investigated their effects on the human intestinal cell line Caco-2, assessing changes in DAO expression (both at the mRNA and protein levels) as well as DAO activity.
The tested drugs, including ibuprofen, acetylsalicylic acid, paracetamol, a combination of acetylsalicylic acid with paracetamol and caffeine, zolmitriptan, and sumatriptan, did not inhibit DAO activity or reduce their levels.
However, naproxen reduced DAO protein levels in human enterocyte cultures while not affecting DAO activity.”
Further research is required as studies have shown conflicting results.
“If the mother is unable to bond with the child in her womb, it influences the child’s ability to develop the ability to process emotional consciousness.”
Current neurology research has shown that drugs that block physical pain transmission also block emotional pain transmission.
Apparently both physical and emotional pain follow similar neural pathways. I recently attended a psychiatric conference presentation on this research.
My wife is a board certified neurologist and psychiatrist. As a neuroscience researcher, I attend her CME programs.
Yes. With each successive revision of the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual) over the last 50 years, the criteria for autism, now “spectrum disorders,” has broadened. And following each revision, the reported incidence of cases jumped.
I’m agnostic about the link to tylenol, not because it is implausible, it’s not—let the data speak for themselves—but because the issue has been tainted by politics and unethical tort shysters.
President Trump has just given Tort lawyers a fantastic gift. It is all wrapped up in the falderal nonsense of a Kennedy gone too far.
The lawyers can’t be bought and will never vote for him
That’s the point. The data was ignored.
Home made data conjured up by greedy tort lawyers Trumps the vast data developed over the years
And oh yes........ It was President Donald Trump who praised the Covid Vaccine makers for such prompt action is focusing on the problem and developing a vaccine that would prevent Covid.
As I recall, President Trump convened the Drug Industry magnates to get to work immediately to develop a preventative vaccine.
There really isn’t much underpinning this. Most study done, and there have been numerous, do not show a strong connection. The reason there is a rise Autism is the expansion of what is considered autism. I have a friend with two autistic children. One is 22, has the mental capabilities of a 3-year-old and is non-verbal. The other has very aggressive behavioral issues, is 21 and has the mental capabilities of a 7-year-old. Both are considered to be Autistic. Both will need care for the entirety of their lifetime. It has been recommended that the 21-year-old be institutionalized for her safety and the safety of the general public. On the other hand, I know another family who has a daughter on the spectrum who is 24, has graduated from college and holds down a good job. The first two have nothing on common with the third except a general lack of social awareness and connectedness. Because of my friendship with a Special Ed teacher and this family friend, I have seen what true autism is and there are way too many people being put on the spectrum. That is why the rapid rise.
Crohn’s is not related to IBS. Crohn’s is part of the IBD syndrome of GI issues.
Please read my post below about the spectrum. It has been expanded to the point of irrelevance.
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