New 2025 White House & Cabinet Report, Dashboard Update, and Autism Webinar

We’ve launched our 2025 Discourse in Review: White House & Cabinet Interactive Annual Report and updated our White House & Cabinet dashboard through the end of 2025.

One of the most urgent findings is about autism discourse. Autism-related statements made up 57 statements, or 47.1% of the full dataset, and scored far lower than the overall average, with a mean score of 1.46 out of 4. The report also tracks the language used to describe autism, including terms like “epidemic,” “disease,” “tragedy,” “destroys,” and “crisis,” language that is not neutral and has real consequences for autistic people and their families.

The rise of the r-word is now documented in the dashboard after it was used in 3 instances across 3 officials in 2025, each tied to the most dehumanizing score in our framework.

Across the full report, we analyzed 121 disability-related public statements from 17 senior administration officials, with 73.6% falling in the dehumanizing, critical, or deficit-framed range.

We’ll be discussing these findings in an upcoming live data briefing webinar.

Join Dr. Christina Cipriano and Dr. Michael McCarthy for a live stream webinar on Wednesday, April 1 at 1:00 PM EST to learn and chart an evidence-based path forward.

Advocates. Educators. Leaders. Parents. This conversation is for you.

Register here: https://yale.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN__kPd1bOaTB6XdSWPVlX7uA#/registration

Explore the report: https://whitehouseandcabinet2025annualreport.netlify.app/