--- title: Hillary Clinton Announces Plan to Address Autism description: Hillary Clinton is proposing on Tuesday a new autism initiative that would direct government spending to screening and research canonical: https://time.com/4167433/hillary-clinton-autism/ author: Sam Frizell article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-01-05T15:03:14.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:41:55.294Z article:section: Politics og:title: Hillary Clinton Announces Plan to Address Autism og:description: "Too many American families are staying up at night worrying." og:url: https://time.com/4167433/hillary-clinton-autism/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaea9f02f8516bb48/69887784ab6d7768d56a7d09/hillary-clinton-autism.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: Hillary Clinton, former Secretary of State and 2016 Democratic presidential candidate, speaks during an event in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, U.S., on Monday, Jan. 4, 2016. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Hillary Clinton Announces Plan to Address Autism twitter:description: "Too many American families are staying up at night worrying." twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaea9f02f8516bb48/69887784ab6d7768d56a7d09/hillary-clinton-autism.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Hillary Clinton Announces Plan to Address Autism > Sponsored content. 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Watch the top 10 moments from Hillary Clinton's career in politics._ by [Sam Frizell](https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell Jan 5, 2016 3:03 PM UTC  Hillary Clinton, former Secretary of State and 2016 Democratic presidential candidate, speaks during an event in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, U.S., on Monday, Jan. 4, 2016. Hillary Clinton, former Secretary of State and 2016 Democratic presidential candidate, speaks during an event in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, U.S., on Monday, Jan. 4, 2016. Bloomberg—Bloomberg via Getty Images by [Sam Frizell](https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell Jan 5, 2016 3:03 PM UTC Hillary Clinton is proposing on Tuesday a new autism initiative that would direct spending on screening and research, as well as require private insurers to cover services related to the disorder. The plan, which Clinton will discuss at a town hill in Sioux City, IA on Tuesday afternoon, follows her rollout of a $2-billion annual program last month to address Alzheimer’s disease. The campaign has not released a total cost for autism initiative, but an aide said it would be paid for as a package with her other plans. “As a country, we must make a priority of supporting the millions of Americans with autism, and their loved ones,” Clinton said of the autism initiative. “Too many American families are staying up at night worrying about their family members, especially children, who are living with autism.” \[politics-newsletter\] Clinton’s plan would require private insurers to cover autism services and would push legislation to protect autistic children in schools from bullying, as well as mechanical and chemical restraints. She would also push for a nationwide early screening effort to ensure children, particularly those from minority backgrounds, get checked for autism. The plan would also establish public-private partnerships to create job opportunities for students with autism. **Read Next:** [_Bill Clinton Touts Hillary’s Activism in First Appearance on Campaign Trail_](http://time.com/4166305/bill-clinton-campaign-hillary-new-hampshire/) ## Transcript You know, I'm not sittin' here some little woman standing here by my man like Tammy Wynette. I'm sittin' here because I love him, and I respect him. Now is our chance to beat the historical odds, and give the American people the health security they need. If there is one message that echoes forth from this. Let it be that human rights are women's rights and women's rights are human rights once and for all. The great story here for anybody willing to find it and write about it and explain it is this vast right- wing conspiracy that has been conspiring. Against my husband since the day he announced for president. I would be happy to, when you give me the signed letters. Well, right here. Right here. When you give me. Right here. Sign it right now. We'll shake. We'll shake on this, Ray. No, no, I want your signature, cause I think that everybody wants to see you signing something that you said you were for. You know, I have so many opportunities from this country. I just don't wanna see us fall backwards. Although we weren't able to shatter that highest, hardest glass ceiling this time, thanks to you, it's got about 18 million cracks in it. The battle to stop Al Qaeda and its affiliates. Does not end with one death. What difference, at this point, does it make? It is our job to figure out what happened and do everything we can to prevent it from ever happening again, Senator. I took the unprecedented step of asking that the state department make all my work- related emails, [ MUSIC ] Public for everyone to see. 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