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RFK Jr-Led HHS Takes Education Oversight, Disability Groups Alarmed

7/2/2026

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Department of Education said oversight will move to Health and Human Services, led by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a shift disability advocates fear revive medical-model view.
The Justice Department memo says the ADA does not require states to provide services in a setting.
President Donald Trump’s homelessness order directs HHS to reduce barriers to institutionalization, prompting Whitman Althaus, a 12-year-old with autism, and his mother to fear loss of services.

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Department of Education said oversight will move to Health and Human Services, led by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a shift disability advocates fear revive medical-model view.
The Justice Department memo says the ADA does not require states to provide services in a setting.
President Donald Trump’s homelessness order directs HHS to reduce barriers to institutionalization, prompting Whitman Althaus, a 12-year-old with autism, and his mother to fear loss of services.