Trump cuts agencies built to protect autistic kids
Claire Sibonney
KFF Health News
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US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order calling for fewer recommended childhood vaccines and separate measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) shots. Speaking in the Oval Office, Trump described the order as a “major victory for parents’ rights, religious and constitutional rights, …
At Chain of Lakes Elementary School in Winter Haven, Florida, Josette Smith’s 9-year-old son, Ethan, gets to do what he loves most: crafts, math and science.
Josette Smith filed a complaint with the federal Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights alleging her son Ethan’s Winter Haven, Fla., school discriminated against him because of his disability and race.
The federal Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights said it would investigate several of Josette Smith’s allegations on behalf of her 9-year-old son, Ethan, but dismissed others that the state already reviewed.
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Josette Smith filed a complaint with the federal Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights alleging her son Ethan’s Winter Haven, Fla., school discriminated against him because of his disability and race.
The federal Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights said it would investigate several of Josette Smith’s allegations on behalf of her 9-year-old son, Ethan, but dismissed others that the state already reviewed.
