The Josh Lafazan Show

The Josh Lafazan Show on YouTube - Episode 95

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RFK Creates AUTISM REGISTRY - Why Parents Are Rightly Concerned

The Josh Lafazan Show on YouTube - Episode 95

On this episode of The Josh Lafazan Show, Josh dives into one of the most disturbing health policy announcements in recent memory: Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s proposed autism registry. With Autism Acceptance Month still underway, RFK has sparked outrage by rolling out a plan that is offensive, invasive, and deeply dangerous to the autism community.

Here’s what’s happening:

RFK, now serving as Health and Human Services Secretary, is launching a so-called “disease registry” to collect private medical data on autistic individuals—all under the guise of identifying the “cause” of autism by this September. The plan includes:

Compiling private medical records from federal and commercial databases

Building a “real-world data platform” that pulls from electronic health records, smartwatches, pharmacies, fitness trackers, and even federal agencies like the Department of Veterans Affairs

Giving access to this data to up to 20 handpicked research groups, hand-selected by RFK himself

Josh doesn’t mince words. This is an Orwellian overreach into the lives of some of America’s most vulnerable children—done without their consent, without proper protections, and based on junk science and dangerous rhetoric.

RFK recently stated that people with autism “will never pay taxes, hold a job, write a poem, or go on a date.” Not only are these remarks wildly offensive, they are provably false and deeply dehumanizing. Autism advocates and parents are furious—and rightfully so.

“When autism is framed only through the lens of hardship or loss, it can unintentionally overlook the joy, growth, and fulfillment that many autistic people and their families experience.”

But the rhetoric is just the beginning. Josh breaks down the many serious risks this registry poses:

Privacy breaches: With 11 major federal agencies experiencing data breaches last year, who can guarantee the security of these children's sensitive medical records?

Loss of consent: Families are already canceling evaluations out of fear their data will be used against them.

Ethical collapse: RFK dismantled the Office for Human Research Protections, which once safeguarded the rights of individuals involved in federal research.

Even more troubling: RFK has openly dismissed genetics as a meaningful factor in autism, calling it a “dead end,” and instead is focusing his research on so-called “environmental toxins”—a thinly veiled reference to his long-debunked claim that vaccines cause autism. As Josh explains, this is a recycled conspiracy theory rooted in the fraudulent Wakefield study—one that has been repeatedly and thoroughly disproven by decades of science.

So let’s be clear: this registry isn’t about science, it’s about agenda. It’s about control. And it’s a reckless use of taxpayer money for a personal crusade that stigmatizes people with autism instead of supporting them.

Josh emphasizes that scientific research should never come at the cost of people’s dignity, privacy, and humanity. RFK’s plan ignores the real needs of autistic individuals—support, services, education, and inclusion—and replaces it with surveillance and shame.

“RFK used to be just a conspiracy theorist. Now he’s a conspiracy theorist in charge of our health system—and that’s terrifying.”

In this must-watch episode, Josh unpacks:

The real-world impact RFK’s rhetoric is having on families

The massive overreach of government surveillance in the name of science

The history of fear-mongering around autism, and why we must fight back

How RFK’s appointment is actively harming the very people he claims to be helping

This episode is a full-throated defense of: ✅ Autistic voices and dignity

✅ Parent and patient privacy

✅ Science, not pseudoscience

✅ The right to exist without being labeled as a “problem” to fix

If you care about inclusion, ethics, and the future of public health, you cannot miss this episode.