Beth Hawkins

Minneapolis

National Correspondent at The 74

Award-winning National Correspondent covering education for @The74. Blogger at https://t.co/imNf4vTPCS. @VentureMPLS parent. Equity. Longform. Tacos.

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Trump Official’s Autism Schools Secluded and Restrained Students at High Rates

1 month ago | the74million.org | Beth Hawkins

Get stories like this delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 Newsletter Arizona Autism Charter Schools, whose founder has been tapped to oversee the education of children with disabilities in President Donald Trump’s second administration, has used controversial, potentially dangerous disciplinary practices on its students at an unusually high rate.
SCOTUS to Rule in Case That Could Upend Enforcement of Disabled Students’ Rights

1 month ago | the74million.org | Beth Hawkins

Get stories like this delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 Newsletter The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments last week in a case that could prove seismic for students with disabilities who claim their schools have discriminated against them.
Arizona Autism Charter School Founder Tapped as DOE Special Education Chief

1 month ago | the74million.org | Beth Hawkins

The founder and executive director of a network of Arizona charter schools serving autistic children has been named the U.S. Education Department’s deputy assistant secretary for special education and rehabilitative services. Education Secretary Linda McMahon made the announcement while touring the Arizona Autism Charter Schools’ Phoenix location.
Arizona Autism Charter School Founder Tapped as DOE Special Education Chief

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Beth Hawkins

The founder and executive director of a network of Arizona charter schools serving autistic children has been named the U.S. Education Department’s deputy assistant secretary for special education and rehabilitative services. Education Secretary Linda McMahon made the announcement while touring the Arizona Autism Charter Schools’ Phoenix location.
Advocates Still Alarmed Even as HHS Walks Back Autism Registry Announcement

2 months ago | militarynews.com | Beth Hawkins

New York, NY (The 74)Get stories like this delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 NewsletterA statement that denies the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is compiling an autism registry, but says instead that it is creating a sweeping database of existing health records, has done little to quell fears among autism advocates.
Not One Generation Removed, Disability Advocates Fear Return to a Dark Era

2 months ago | the74million.org | Beth Hawkins

Get stories like this delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 Newsletter A generation ago, people with disabilities were rarely in the room when their welfare was under discussion. Decisions about their care and education were made almost entirely by non-disabled people, who typically addressed them not as individuals who aspired to an education, desirable work or independent living, but as people whose bodies and intellects were broken.
Not One Generation Removed, Disability Advocates Fear Return to a Dark Era

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Beth Hawkins

A generation ago, people with disabilities were rarely in the room when their welfare was under discussion. Decisions about their care and education were made almost entirely by non-disabled people, who typically addressed them not as individuals who aspired to an education, desirable work or independent living, but as people whose bodies and intellects were broken.
Advocates Still Alarmed Even as HHS Walks Back Autism Registry Announcement

2 months ago | the74million.org | Beth Hawkins

Get stories like this delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 Newsletter A statement that denies the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is compiling an autism registry, but says instead that it is creating a sweeping database of existing health records, has done little to quell fears among autism advocates.
Proposal to create federal autism registry stokes fear in disability advocates

2 months ago | arkansasadvocate.com | Beth Hawkins

by Beth Hawkins, The 74, Arkansas Advocate April 25, 2025 This week, National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya sent shockwaves through the autism community by announcing the creation of a “disease registry” to track autistic people. Nazi Germany used such a list to identify possibly hundreds of autistic children to be killed in experimental “euthanasia” clinics.
Proposal to create federal autism registry stokes fear in disability advocates

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Beth Hawkins

U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks about a new autism study during a news conference on April 16, 2025. (Getty Images)This week, National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya sent shockwaves through the autism community by announcing the creation of a “disease registry” to track autistic people. Nazi Germany used such a list to identify possibly hundreds of autistic children to be killed in experimental “euthanasia” clinics.