The research implications of US state autism registries (as mentioned in @dramypsyd’s petition) are hinted at in some of these, e.g.

‘to inform the planning of service delivery to children with autism and their families and to facilitate autism research’ (Delaware)

‘To identify factors that might be associated with birth defects [including being Autistic!]’ (Indiana)

‘they are instrumental in establishing significant risk factors, potential causal factors, and cellular-level research results’ (New Jersey)

The third is from this linked paper (PDF), which also helpfully discusses the positions of all eight states, including a comparison table (attached): https://www.nj.gov/health/fhs/autism/documents/2016%20overview%20of%20States%20Autism%20Registries%20Brief.pdf

#ActuallyAutistic #AllAutistics #registry #MandatedReporting