--- 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: 2026-08-04T07:56:39.197Z 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=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 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=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Hillary Clinton Announces Plan to Address Autism ## Video: Hillary Clinton's Top 10 Political Moments [Watch (HLS stream): Hillary Clinton's Top 10 Political Moments](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/L3I0gpwt.m3u8) (1:49)  _Published 2015-04-09. 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/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4167433/hillary-clinton-autism/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4167433/hillary-clinton-autism/"},"headline":"Hillary Clinton Announces Plan to Address Autism","datePublished":"2016-01-05T15:03:14.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:56:39.197Z","description":"Hillary Clinton is proposing on Tuesday a new autism initiative that would direct government spending to screening and research","url":"https://time.com/4167433/hillary-clinton-autism/","keywords":["Hillary Clinton","2016 Election topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaea9f02f8516bb48/69887784ab6d7768d56a7d09/hillary-clinton-autism.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sam Frizell","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaea9f02f8516bb48/69887784ab6d7768d56a7d09/hillary-clinton-autism.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"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.","caption":"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.","creditText":"Bloomberg—Bloomberg via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4167433/hillary-clinton-autism/","name":"Hillary Clinton Announces Plan to Address Autism"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Hillary Clinton's Top 10 Political Moments","description":"Watch the top 10 moments from Hillary Clinton's career in politics.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/L3I0gpwt/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-04-09T19:18:36.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/L3I0gpwt.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4167433/hillary-clinton-autism/","duration":"PT1M49S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4167433/hillary-clinton-autism/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```