Stigmatization leads to less people reporting but not necessarily less people seeking care. It just means that Autism is going to get rebranded (misdiagnosed) as anxiety with ADHD, etc. and treatment will be misdirected. We will have more kids on unnecessary meds just to stay in the classroom…
He has stated publicly on live TV that his plan is 'farm camps' for Autistics since we can't shit unassisted, will never hold a job, blah blah.
We won’t have resources for kids with special needs without the DoE. Wealth will buy you treatment, access and anonymity. Socioeconomic disparities will grow and they are counting on this making people with disabilities look more like a burden on the system.
The goal is, like with Gaza and deportations, to get people comfortable with the idea of social cleansing as a solution. Don't be surprised if we start hearing about them kidnapping people with disabilities and throwing them into concentration camps in El Salvador.