Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has spent the past two decades villainizing autism.Raphael Liy/Zuma
Seems Secretary Brain Worm will now oversee Disabilities Education, a key responsibility formerly managed by the Department of Education, due to his unmatched qualifications dealing with all things related to health including his novel idea of Autism being curable, a condition able to be treated in similar fashion to measles, mumps or chicken pox as needs warrant.
On Tuesday, the Trump administration announced that it would move two key functions of the Department of Education—disability education oversight and the department’s Office for Civil Rights—to the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Justice, respectively, in a move that would give HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. oversight over the nation’s disability education system.
In a press release, Education Secretary Linda McMahon, who is overseeing the Project 2025–mandated dismantling of the department, said without elaborating that the decision was made after “careful deliberation and collaboration with stakeholders.” Many disability and other equity-focused organizations have been afraid since President Trump resumed office that he would go through with threats to eliminate the department, long a target of right-wing institutions like the Heritage Foundation.
Even setting aside who runs them—Kennedy at HHS, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche at the Justice Department—the new agencies aren’t appropriate choices to oversee those functions, experts say. “HHS and DOJ have important roles, but they weren’t built to replace the Department of Education’s school-specific expertise,” said Robyn Linscott, The Arc’s director of education and family policy, in a statement. “Moving [Individuals with Disabilities Education Act] oversight into HHS pushes students with disabilities toward a medical model, where disability is treated as a diagnosis to manage instead of a natural part of human life.”
Ah, don't worry about it. RFK Jr. has it covered. Just look at his record regarding vaccines.
That should warm the cockles of your heart without question, right?
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