“I don’t think eugenics is ethical or warranted in science or research.”Kapp is wary of research driven by grants from the Trump administration’s supposed new autism research initiave. Kapp questions the administration’s push for research grounded in assumptions that autism can or should be eliminated—or that there simply are more autistic people, rather than better, broader diagnoses. “We live in a society that would much rather just get rid of autism and autistic people for the benefit of other people,” Kapp said. “Pollution isn’t good for anyone, but it doesn’t cause autism,” Kapp said. The committee should have input on federal autism research and care funding, Robinson said—which Secretary Kennedy hasn’t made possible.